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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal
Advisory Committee will hold a
meeting on December 15, 2008 at the
U.S. Forest Service Office, 35 College
Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150.
This Committee, established by the
Secretary of Agriculture on December
15, 1998 (64 FR 2876), is chartered to
provide advice to the Secretary on
implementing the terms of the Federal
Interagency Partnership on the Lake
Tahoe Region and other matters raised
by the Secretary.
DATES: The meeting will be held
December 15, 2008, beginning at 1:30
p.m. and ending at 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Forest Service Office, 35
College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA
96150.
Arla
Hains, Lake Tahoe Basin Management
Unit (LTBMU), Forest Service, 35
College Drive, South Lake Tahoe, CA
96150, (530) 543–2773.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to
be covered on the agenda include:
• Committee operations.
• Status and updates on the Tahoe
Regional Planning Agency (TRPA)
Regional Plan and the Lake Tahoe Basin
Management Unit Forest Plan Revision.
• Status of two Memorandums of
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the Lahontan Regional Water Quality
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Service and TRPA on hazardous fuels
and vegetation projects.
• Post Angora fire restoration efforts.
• Status of the Lake Tahoe
Restoration Act (LTRA) reauthorization.
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Interested citizens are encouraged to
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Please refer any written comments
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Management Unit at the contact address
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TTY (530) 543–0956, or via e-mail at
LLind@fs.fed.us.
Dated: November 24, 2008.
Terri Marceron,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Opportunity To Comment on the
Applicants for the Unassigned Areas
of 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 unassigned areas
of east Texas.
• Central Illinois Grain Inspection d/
b/a Lone Star Grain Inspection (Central
Illinois).
• Gulf Country Inspection Service,
Inc. (Gulf Country).
DATE: Comments must be postmarked or
electronically dated on or before
December 31, 2008.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on these applicants by any of
the following methods:
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Karen
Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief,
Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA,
Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
• Fax: (202) 690–2755 to the attention
of Karen Guagliardo.
• E-mail:
Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
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• Mail: Karen Guagliardo, Review
Branch Chief, Compliance Division,
GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3604.
• Internet: 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, 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 September 29, 2008, Federal
Register (73 FR 56546), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official
services in the unassigned areas of east
Texas to submit applications for
designation.
There were two applicants for the east
Texas area: Central Illinois, doing
business as Lone Star Grain Inspection,
applied for the entire area. Gulf
Country, a corporation not currently
designated and owned by Tyrone
Robichaux, Richard Maynard, Pat
LaCour, and Dan Williams, applied for
the entire area.
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 in support of 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
will notify the applicants in writing of
the decision.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Alan Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Alabama; Essex,
IL; Springfield, IL; Savage, MN; and
Washington Areas
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: GIPSA is announcing
designation of the following
organizations to provide official services
under the United States Grain Standards
Act, as amended (USGSA or Act):
Alabama Department of Agriculture and
Industries (Alabama); Kankakee Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee); Springfield
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield);
State Grain Inspection, Inc. (State
Grain); and Washington Department of
Agriculture (Washington).
DATES: Effective January 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Karen
Guagliardo, Chief, Review Branch,
Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room
1647–S, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250–3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
Read Applications: All applications
and comments will be available for
public inspection at the office above
during regular business hours (7 CFR
1.27(b)).
official agencies named above.
Applications were due by July 1, 2008.
Alabama, Kankakee, Springfield, State
Grain, and Washington were the sole
applicants for designation to provide
official services in the areas currently
assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask
for additional comments on them.
GIPSA evaluated all available
information regarding the designation
criteria in section 7(f)(l) of the USGSA
(7 U.S.C. 79(f)) and determined that
Alabama, Kankakee, Springfield, State
Grain and Washington are able to
provide official services in the
geographic areas specified in the June 2,
2008, Federal Register, for which they
applied. These designation actions to
provide official services are effective
January 1, 2009, and terminate
December 31, 2011, for Alabama,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the June Kankakee, Springfield, State Grain, and
2, 2008, Federal Register (73 FR 31431), Washington.
Interested persons may obtain official
GIPSA requested applications for
designations to provide official services services by calling the telephone
numbers listed below.
in the geographic areas assigned to the
Designation
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Official agency
Headquarters location and telephone
Alabama ..............................
Kankakee ............................
Springfield ...........................
State Grain ..........................
Washington .........................
Montgomery, AL, 251–438–2549; Additional Locations: Decatur and Mobile, AL
Essex, IL, 815–365–2268; Additional Location: Tiskilwa, IL .................................
Springfield, IL, 217–522–5233 ...............................................................................
Savage, MN, 952–808–8566 .................................................................................
Olympia, WA, 360–753–1484; Additional Locations: Colfax, Kalama, Pasco, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Vancouver, WA.
Section 7(f)(1) of the USGSA
authorizes GIPSA’s Administrator to
designate a qualified applicant to
provide official services in a specified
area after determining that the applicant
is better able than any other applicant
to provide such official services (7
U.S.C. 79 (f)(1)).
Under section 7(g)(1) of the USGSA,
designations of official agencies are
effective for 3 years unless terminated
by the Secretary but may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures
prescribed in section 7(f) of the Act.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k.
Alan Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in Topeka,
KS; Cedar Rapids, IA; Minot, ND; and
Cincinnati, OH, Areas and Request for
Comments on the Official Agencies
Serving These Areas
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The designations of the
official agencies listed below will end
on June 30, 2009. GIPSA is asking
persons interested in providing official
services in the areas served by these
agencies to submit applications for
designation. GIPSA is also asking for
comments on the quality of services
provided by these currently designated
agencies:
Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc.
(Kansas);
Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (MidIowa);
Minot Grain Inspection, Inc. (Minot);
and
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Tri-State Grain Inspection Service,
Inc. (Tri-State).
DATES: Applications and comments
must be received on or before January 2,
2009.
ADDRESSES: GIPSA invites you to submit
applications and comments on this
notice by any of the following methods:
• To apply for designation, go to
‘‘FGISonline’’ at https://
fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/
default_home_FGIS.aspx then select
Delegations/Designations and Export
Registrations (DDR). You will need a
USDA e-authentication, username,
password, and a customer number prior
to applying.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Karen
Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief,
Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA,
Room 1647–S, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
• Fax: (202) 690–2755, to the
attention of: Karen Guagliardo.
• E-mail:
Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
• Mail: Karen Guagliardo, Review
Branch Chief, Compliance Division,
GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3604.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity To Comment on the Applicants for the Unassigned Areas
of 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 unassigned areas of east Texas.
Central Illinois Grain Inspection d/b/a Lone Star Grain
Inspection (Central Illinois).
Gulf Country Inspection Service, Inc. (Gulf Country).
DATE: Comments must be postmarked or electronically dated on or before
December 31, 2008.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on these applicants by any
of the following methods:
Hand Delivery or Courier: Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch
Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
Fax: (202) 690-2755 to the attention of Karen Guagliardo.
E-mail: Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
Mail: Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, Compliance
Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-3604.
Internet: 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 September 29, 2008, Federal Register (73 FR 56546), GIPSA
asked persons interested in providing official services in the
unassigned areas of east Texas to submit applications for designation.
There were two applicants for the east Texas area: Central
Illinois, doing business as Lone Star Grain Inspection, applied for the
entire area. Gulf Country, a corporation not currently designated and
owned by Tyrone Robichaux, Richard Maynard, Pat LaCour, and Dan
Williams, applied for the entire area.
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 in support of 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 will notify the applicants
in writing of the decision.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Alan Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-28247 Filed 11-28-08; 8:45 am]
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