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November 17, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
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Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Food Stamp Program
Application.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0008.
Summary of Collection: Section 9(a)
of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 as
amended, (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)
requires retail food stores and meal
services (firms) to submit applications
to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
for approval prior to participating in the
Food Stamp Program. FNS field offices
reviews a firm’s applications to
determine if the applicant individual
and firm meet the eligibility
requirements and make a determination
to deny or accept the firm’s application
to redeem Food Stamp Program benefits.
FNS will collect information using
forms FNS–252, Food Stamp Program
Application for Store, FNS 252–2, Meal
Service Application, and FNS–252–C,
Corporate Supplemental Application.
Need and Use of The Information:
FNS will collect information to
determine a firm’s eligibility for
participation in the Food Stamp
Program, program administration,
compliance monitoring and
investigations, and for sanctioning
stores found to be violating the program.
FNS is also responsible for requiring
updates to application information and
reviewing that information to determine
whether or not the retail food store,
wholesale food concern, or food service
organization continues to meet
eligibility requirements. Disclosure of
information other than Employer
Identification Numbers and Social
Security Numbers may be made to
Federal and State law enforcement or
investigative agencies or
instrumentalities administering or
enforcing specified Federal or State
laws, or regulations issued under those
law.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; Federal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 45,765.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
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Total Burden Hours: 7,452.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Natapoc Ridge Forest Restoration
Project, Okanogan-Wenatchee National
Forests, Chelan County, WA
Forest Service, USDA.
Revised notice of intent to
prepare an environmental impact
statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: On November 15, 2005, the
USDA, Forest Service, OkanoganWentachee National Forests, published
a Notice of Intent in the Federal
Register (70 FR 69308) to prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Natapoc Ridge Forest Restoration
Project. The Notice of Intent is being
revised to change the expected filing
and review date of the draft
environmental impact statement (EIS) to
April 2006 and the final EIS to July
2006. The original Notice of Intent
identified these dates incorrectly as
April 2005 and July 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Willet, Natapoc Project Leader,
USDA Forest Service, Wenatchee River
Ranger District, 600 Sherbourne,
Leavenworth, Washington 98826; phone
(509) 548–6977, Ext. 288.
Dated: November 16, 2005.
James L. Boynton,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
[05–MN–S]
Designation for the State of Minnesota
Area
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
announces the designation of Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Jamestown), Mid-Iowa
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa), North
Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc.
(North Dakota), Northern Plains Grain
Inspection Service, Inc. (Northern
Plains), D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc.
(Schaal), Sioux City Inspection and
Weighing Service Company (Sioux
City), all officially designated agencies,
and a company proposing to do
business as State Grain Inspection, Inc.
(State Grain), a subsidiary of National
Quality Inspection, Inc., to provide
official services under the United States
Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.
Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S,
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, DC 20250–3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail
Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.
This
action has been reviewed and
determined not to be a rule or regulation
as defined in Executive Order 12866
and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;
therefore, the Executive Order and
Departmental Regulation do not apply
to this action.
In the August 17, 2005, Federal
Register (70 FR 48370), GIPSA
announced that the Minnesota
Department of Agriculture (Minnesota)
asked GIPSA to voluntarily cancel their
designation to provide domestic grain
inspection and weighing services within
the entire State of Minnesota, effective
November 9, 2005. Subsequently,
Minnesota informed GIPSA that they
would continue to provide these
services until December 31, 2005.
Minnesota’s designation ends effective
December 31, 2005, and GIPSA asked
persons or organizations interested in
providing official grain inspection and
weighing services in Minnesota, except
the export port locations, to submit an
application for designation by
September 16, 2005.
There were nine applicants for the
State of Minnesota geographic area.
Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, North Dakota,
Northern Plains, Schaal, and Sioux City,
all officially designated agencies, a
company proposing to do business as
Minnesota Grain Inspection, Inc.
(Minnesota Grain), a subsidiary of
´ ´ ´ ´
Societe Generale de Surveillance (SGS)
North America, Inc., and State Grain
each applied for designation to provide
official services in all or part of the
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entire geographic area named in the
August 17, 2005, Federal Register. All
of the applicants named above indicated
they would be willing to accept more or
less geographic area in order to provide
needed service to all requestors.
Minnesota applied for designation to
provide laboratory services only.
GIPSA asked for comments on
Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, Minnesota,
Minnesota Grain, North Dakota,
Northern Plains, Schaal, Sioux City, and
State Grain.
Comments were due by October 18,
2005. GIPSA received a total of 51
comments by the closing date. GIPSA
received 12 comments from grain firms
supporting the designation of
Jamestown; 3 comments from grain
firms supporting the designation of MidIowa; 8 comments from grain firms
supporting the designation of North
Dakota; 2 comments from grain firms
and 1 comment from a city official
supporting the designation of Schaal; 4
comments from grain firms supporting
the designation of Sioux City; and 3
comments from grain firms and 11
comments from other businesses and
individuals supporting the designation
of State Grain. We received 1 comment
from a grain firm supporting the
designation of both Minnesota Grain
and North Dakota. In addition, GIPSA
received 6 other general comments
concerning the designation process and
procedures, 2 from grain trade
organizations, 1 from an organization of
official agencies, 1 from Minnesota
employees, and 2 from grain firms. One
of the grain trade organizations did
support designation of North Dakota,
Sioux City, and State Grain.
GIPSA evaluated all available
information regarding the designation
criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act
and, according to Section 7(f)(l)(B),
determined that Jamestown, Mid-Iowa,
North Dakota, Northern Plains, Schaal,
Sioux City, and State Grain are better
able to provide official services in the
geographic areas for which they are
being selected.
Effective January 1, 2006, and
concurrent with their present
designations, the following official
agencies are designated, pursuant to
Section (7)(f)(2) of the Act, for the
specified geographic areas cited below.
Jamestown is designated in the
following Minnesota Counties: Traverse,
Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille
Lacs, Kanabec, Pine, Big Stone, Stevens,
Pope, Stearns, Benton, Isanti, Chisago,
Swift, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Wright,
Sherburne, Anoka, Lac Qui Parle, and
Chippewa. Jamestown’s designation is
being amended accordingly to add this
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geographic area, and to add weighing
services to their current designation.
Mid-Iowa is designated in the
following Minnesota Counties:
Wabasha, Olmstead, Winona, and
Houston Counties, as well as Fillmore.
Mid-Iowa’s designation is being
amended accordingly to add this
geographic area. Mid-Iowa is already
designated to provide weighing services.
North Dakota is designated in the
following Minnesota Counties:
Koochiching, St. Louis, Lake, Cook,
Itasca, Norman, Mahnomen, Hubbard,
Cass, Clay, Becker, Wadena, Crow Wing,
Aitkin, Carlton, Wilkin, and Otter Tail,
excluding those export port locations
served by GIPSA. North Dakota’s
designation is being amended
accordingly to add this geographic area,
and to add weighing services to their
current designation.
Northern Plains is designated in the
following Minnesota Counties: Kittson,
Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Marshall,
Beltrami, Polk, Pennington, Red Lake,
and Clearwater. Northern Plains’
designation is being amended
accordingly to add this geographic area.
There is no demonstrated need for
weighing services in the area for which
Northern Plains is being designated.
Schaal is designated in the following
Minnesota Counties: Faribault,
Freeborn, and Mower. Schaal’s
designation is being amended
accordingly to add this geographic area.
Schaal is already designated to provide
weighing services.
Sioux City is designated in the
following Minnesota Counties: Yellow
Medicine, Renville, Lincoln, Lyon,
Redwood, Pipestone, Murray,
Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, and
Martin. Sioux City?s designation is
being amended accordingly to add this
geographic area. Sioux City is already
designated to provide weighing services.
Effective January 1, 2006, and
terminating June 30, 2007, State Grain is
designated to provide official grain
inspection and weighing services,
pursuant to Section (7)(f)(2) of the Act,
in the following Counties in the State of
Minnesota: Hennepin, Ramsey,
Washington, Carver, Scott, Dakota,
Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice,
Goodhue, Watonwan, Blue Earth,
Waseca, Steele, Dodge, McLeod, and
Sibley.
Interested persons may obtain official
services by calling the agencies at the
telephone numbers listed below.
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Official agency
Headquarters location and telephone
Designation start–end
Jamestown ............................................
Mid-Iowa ...............................................
Jamestown, ND—701–252–1290 ......................................................................
Cedar Rapids, IA—319–363–0239 ....................................................................
Additional service location: Clayton, IA ..............................................................
Fargo, ND—701–293–7420 ...............................................................................
Additional service locations: Cahokia, Teutopolis, and Wayne City, IL, Ayr,
Enderlin, Hillsboro, and Taylor, ND.
Grand Forks, ND—701–772–2414 ....................................................................
Additional service location: Devils Lake, ND .....................................................
Belmond, IA—641–444–3122 ............................................................................
Sioux City, IA—712–255–8073 ..........................................................................
Additional service location: Fort Dodge, IA ........................................................
Mankato, MN—507–387–1514 ..........................................................................
4/1/2003–3/31/2006
7/1/2005–6/30/2008
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4/1/2005–3/31/2008
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North Dakota .........................................
Northern Plains .....................................
Schaal ...................................................
Sioux City ..............................................
State Grain ............................................
Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).
John R. Sharpe,
Director, Compliance Division, Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
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meeting will include discussion
concerning these matters.
For more information, contact Yvette
Springer on 202–482–4814.
10. Simplified Network Application
Process (SNAP) update.
Dated: November 18, 2005.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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Closed Session
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Bureau of Industry and Security
Materials Technical Advisory
Committee; Notice of Closed Meeting
Regulations and Procedures Technical
Advisory Committee, Notice of
Partially Closed Meeting
The Materials Technical Advisory
Committee will meet on December 8,
2005, at 10:30 a.m., in the Herbert C.
Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC. The Committee
advises the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Export Administration
with respect to technical questions that
affect the level of export controls
applicable to materials and related
technology.
The Committee will meet only in
closed session to discuss matters
determined to be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings
found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections
10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The Assistant
Secretary for Administration, with the
concurrence of the delegate of the
General Counsel, formally determined
on November 18, 2005, pursuant to
Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C.
app. 2 section (10)(d)), that the portions
of this meeting dealing with predecisional changes to the Commerce
Control List and U.S. export control
policies and the portions of this meeting
disclosing privileged and confidential
business information shall be exempt
from the provisions relating to public
meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2
sections 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The entire
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The Regulations and Procedures
Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC)
will meet December 6, 2005, 9 a.m.,
Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover
Building, 14th Street between
Constitution and Pennsylvania
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration on implementation of
the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) and provides for continuing
review to update the EAR as needed.
Agenda
Public Session
1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.
2. Presentation of papers or comments
by the Public.
3. Regulations update.
4. Update on proposed rule on
deemed export related regulatory
requirements (RIN 0694–AD29).
5. Update on Wassenaar Statement of
Understanding on Military End-uses.
6. Update on Missile Technology
controls.
7. Country policy updates: Libya, Iraq.
8. Update on Country Group revision
project.
9. Update on Automated Export
System.
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11. Working group reports.
12. Discussion of matters determined
to be exempt from the provisions
relating to public meetings found in 5
U.S.C. app. 2 sections 10(a)(1) and
10(a)(3).
A limited number of seats will be
available for the public session.
Reservations are not accepted. To the
extent that time permits, members of the
public may present oral statements to
the Committee. The public may submit
written statements at any time before or
after the meeting. However, to facilitate
the distribution of public presentation
materials to the Committee members,
the Committee suggests that presenters
forward the public presentation
materials prior to the meeting to Ms.
Yvette Springer at
Yspringer@bis.doc.gov.
The Assistant Secretary for
Administration, with the concurrence of
the delegate of the General Counsel,
formally determined on November 18,
2005, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections
(10)(d)), that the portion of the meeting
dealing with matters the disclosure of
which would be likely to frustrate
significantly implementation of an
agency action as described in 5 U.S.C.
552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the
provisions relating to public meetings
found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections 10(a)1
and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of
the meeting will be open to the public.
For more information, call Yvette
Springer at (202) 482–4814.
Dated: November 18, 2005.
Yvette Springer,
Committee Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
[05-MN-S]
Designation for the State of Minnesota Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA) announces the designation of Grain Inspection, Inc.
(Jamestown), Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa), North Dakota
Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (North Dakota), Northern Plains Grain
Inspection Service, Inc. (Northern Plains), D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc.
(Schaal), Sioux City Inspection and Weighing Service Company (Sioux
City), all officially designated agencies, and a company proposing to
do business as State Grain Inspection, Inc. (State Grain), a subsidiary
of National Quality Inspection, Inc., to provide official services
under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2006.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, DC 20250-3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart at 202-720-8525, e-mail
Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action has been reviewed and determined
not to be a rule or regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and
Departmental Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
In the August 17, 2005, Federal Register (70 FR 48370), GIPSA
announced that the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (Minnesota)
asked GIPSA to voluntarily cancel their designation to provide domestic
grain inspection and weighing services within the entire State of
Minnesota, effective November 9, 2005. Subsequently, Minnesota informed
GIPSA that they would continue to provide these services until December
31, 2005. Minnesota's designation ends effective December 31, 2005, and
GIPSA asked persons or organizations interested in providing official
grain inspection and weighing services in Minnesota, except the export
port locations, to submit an application for designation by September
16, 2005.
There were nine applicants for the State of Minnesota geographic
area. Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, North Dakota, Northern Plains, Schaal, and
Sioux City, all officially designated agencies, a company proposing to
do business as Minnesota Grain Inspection, Inc. (Minnesota Grain), a
subsidiary of Soci[eacute]t[eacute] G[eacute]n[eacute]rale de
Surveillance (SGS) North America, Inc., and State Grain each applied
for designation to provide official services in all or part of the
entire geographic area named in the August 17, 2005, Federal Register.
All of the applicants named above indicated they would be willing to
accept more or less geographic area in order to provide needed service
to all requestors. Minnesota applied for designation to provide
laboratory services only.
GIPSA asked for comments on Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, Minnesota,
Minnesota Grain, North Dakota, Northern Plains, Schaal, Sioux City, and
State Grain.
Comments were due by October 18, 2005. GIPSA received a total of 51
comments by the closing date. GIPSA received 12 comments from grain
firms supporting the designation of Jamestown; 3 comments from grain
firms supporting the designation of Mid-Iowa; 8 comments from grain
firms supporting the designation of North Dakota; 2 comments from grain
firms and 1 comment from a city official supporting the designation of
Schaal; 4 comments from grain firms supporting the designation of Sioux
City; and 3 comments from grain firms and 11 comments from other
businesses and individuals supporting the designation of State Grain.
We received 1 comment from a grain firm supporting the designation of
both Minnesota Grain and North Dakota. In addition, GIPSA received 6
other general comments concerning the designation process and
procedures, 2 from grain trade organizations, 1 from an organization of
official agencies, 1 from Minnesota employees, and 2 from grain firms.
One of the grain trade organizations did support designation of North
Dakota, Sioux City, and State Grain.
GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation
criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act and, according to Section
7(f)(l)(B), determined that Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, North Dakota, Northern
Plains, Schaal, Sioux City, and State Grain are better able to provide
official services in the geographic areas for which they are being
selected.
Effective January 1, 2006, and concurrent with their present
designations, the following official agencies are designated, pursuant
to Section (7)(f)(2) of the Act, for the specified geographic areas
cited below.
Jamestown is designated in the following Minnesota Counties:
Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Pine,
Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Benton, Isanti, Chisago, Swift,
Kandiyohi, Meeker, Wright, Sherburne, Anoka, Lac Qui Parle, and
Chippewa. Jamestown's designation is being amended accordingly to add
this geographic area, and to add weighing services to their current
designation.
Mid-Iowa is designated in the following Minnesota Counties:
Wabasha, Olmstead, Winona, and Houston Counties, as well as Fillmore.
Mid-Iowa's designation is being amended accordingly to add this
geographic area. Mid-Iowa is already designated to provide weighing
services.
North Dakota is designated in the following Minnesota Counties:
Koochiching, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, Itasca, Norman, Mahnomen, Hubbard,
Cass, Clay, Becker, Wadena, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Carlton, Wilkin, and
Otter Tail, excluding those export port locations served by GIPSA.
North Dakota's designation is being amended accordingly to add this
geographic area, and to add weighing services to their current
designation.
Northern Plains is designated in the following Minnesota Counties:
Kittson, Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Beltrami, Polk,
Pennington, Red Lake, and Clearwater. Northern Plains' designation is
being amended accordingly to add this geographic area. There is no
demonstrated need for weighing services in the area for which Northern
Plains is being designated.
Schaal is designated in the following Minnesota Counties:
Faribault, Freeborn, and Mower. Schaal's designation is being amended
accordingly to add this geographic area. Schaal is already designated
to provide weighing services.
Sioux City is designated in the following Minnesota Counties:
Yellow Medicine, Renville, Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Pipestone, Murray,
Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, and Martin. Sioux City?s designation
is being amended accordingly to add this geographic area. Sioux City is
already designated to provide weighing services.
Effective January 1, 2006, and terminating June 30, 2007, State
Grain is designated to provide official grain inspection and weighing
services, pursuant to Section (7)(f)(2) of the Act, in the following
Counties in the State of Minnesota: Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington,
Carver, Scott, Dakota, Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice, Goodhue,
Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Dodge, McLeod, and Sibley.
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the
agencies at the telephone numbers listed below.
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Jamestown....................................... Jamestown, ND--701-252-1290............ 4/1/2003-3/31/2006
Mid-Iowa........................................ Cedar Rapids, IA--319-363-0239......... 7/1/2005-6/30/2008
Additional service location: Clayton, .....................
IA.
North Dakota.................................... Fargo, ND--701-293-7420................ 4/1/2005-3/31/2008
Additional service locations: Cahokia, .....................
Teutopolis, and Wayne City, IL, Ayr,
Enderlin, Hillsboro, and Taylor, ND.
Northern Plains................................. Grand Forks, ND--701-772-2414.......... 4/1/2005-3/31/2008
Additional service location: Devils .....................
Lake, ND.
Schaal.......................................... Belmond, IA--641-444-3122.............. .....................
Sioux City...................................... Sioux City, IA--712-255-8073........... 4/1/2003-3/31/2006
Additional service location: Fort .....................
Dodge, IA.
State Grain..................................... Mankato, MN--507-387-1514.............. 1/1/2006-6/30/2007
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Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
John R. Sharpe,
Director, Compliance Division, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
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