Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Cedar Rapids, IA Area Consisting of Northeast Iowa, Southeast Minnesota, and East Texas, 15968 [E8-5538]

Download as PDF pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES 15968 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 59 / Wednesday, March 26, 2008 / Notices Early Notice of Importance of Public Participation in Subsequent Environmental Review: A draft environmental impact statement will be prepared for comment. The comment period on the draft environmental impact statement will be 45 days from the date the Environmental Protection Agency publishes the notice of availability in the Federal Register. The Forest Service believes, at this early stage, it is important to give reviewers notice of several court rulings related to public participation in the environmental review process. First, reviewers of draft environmental impact statements must structure their participation in the environmental review of the proposal so that it is meaningful and alerts an agency to the reviewers’ position and contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553 (1978). 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E8–5954 Filed 3–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–11–M DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Cedar Rapids, IA Area Consisting of Northeast Iowa, Southeast Minnesota, and East Texas Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to provide official services in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area that was open for designation. • Gulf Country Inspection Service, Inc. (Gulf Country) applied for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area. • South Texas Grain Inspection, LLC (South Texas) applied for part of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, the east Texas region. • Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa) applied for their current designation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before April 25, 2008. ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on these applicants. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. • Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690–2755, attention: Karen Guagliardo. • E-mail: Send via electronic mail to Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. • Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 3604. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments and reading any comments posted online. Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments will be available for public inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)). PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email Karen.W.Guagliardo@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 December 3, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 67885), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area to submit an application for designation. There were three applicants for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area comprised of northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and east Texas open for designation: Mid-Iowa, currently designated for the entire area and doing business as InterContinental Grain Inspections in east Texas region, applied for the entire area. Gulf Country, a corporation not currently designated, owned by Tyrone Robichaux, John Shropshire, Eurvin Williams, Pat LaCour, and Dan Williams, applied for the entire area, but stated they would accept no less than the east Texas region. South Texas, a limited liability company not currently designated, owned by Corpus Christi Grain Exchange, Inc., applied for a portion of the east Texas region bounded on the north and east by Maverick, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Jackson Counties; and bounded on the south and west by the Texas state line. GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or objection to the designation of the applicants. All comments must be submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address or at https:// www.regulations.gov. Comments and other available information will be considered in making a final decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final decision in the Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicants written notification of the decision. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. James E. Link, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. [FR Doc. E8–5538 Filed 3–25–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P E:\FR\FM\26MRN1.SGM 26MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 26, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 15968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5538]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Cedar Rapids, IA 
Area Consisting of Northeast Iowa, Southeast Minnesota, and East Texas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area that was open 
for designation.
     Gulf Country Inspection Service, Inc. (Gulf Country) 
applied for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area.
     South Texas Grain Inspection, LLC (South Texas) applied 
for part of the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, the east Texas region.
     Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa) applied for 
their current designation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before 
April 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on these applicants. You 
may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Karen Guagliardo, 
Review Branch Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
     Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755, 
attention: Karen Guagliardo.
     E-mail: Send via electronic mail to 
Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
     Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch 
Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments and reading any comments posted online.
    Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments will 
be available for public inspection at the office above during regular 
business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@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 December 3, 2007, Federal Register (72 FR 67885), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the Cedar 
Rapids, Iowa area to submit an application for designation.
    There were three applicants for the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area 
comprised of northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and east Texas open 
for designation: Mid-Iowa, currently designated for the entire area and 
doing business as InterContinental Grain Inspections in east Texas 
region, applied for the entire area. Gulf Country, a corporation not 
currently designated, owned by Tyrone Robichaux, John Shropshire, 
Eurvin Williams, Pat LaCour, and Dan Williams, applied for the entire 
area, but stated they would accept no less than the east Texas region. 
South Texas, a limited liability company not currently designated, 
owned by Corpus Christi Grain Exchange, Inc., applied for a portion of 
the east Texas region bounded on the north and east by Maverick, 
Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca, and Jackson 
Counties; and bounded on the south and west by the Texas state line.
    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or 
objection to the designation of the applicants. All comments must be 
submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address or at https://
www.regulations.gov. Comments and other available information will be 
considered in making a final decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the 
final decision in the Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the 
applicants written notification of the decision.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-5538 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]
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