Opportunity for Designation in the Pocatello, ID; Evansville, IN; and Salt Lake City, UT Areas; Request for Comments on the Official Agencies Servicing These Areas, 13074-13075 [2012-5245]

Download as PDF 13074 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2012 / Notices Official agency Headquarters location Jamestown .................................................... Lincoln ........................................................... Midsouth ....................................................... Sioux City ...................................................... Jamestown, ND ............................................ Lincoln, NE ................................................... Memphis, TN ................................................ Sioux City, IA ................................................ Section 79(f) of the USGSA authorizes the Secretary 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)). Under section 79(g) of the USGSA, designations of official agencies are effective for no longer than three years unless terminated by the Secretary; however, designations may be renewed according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 79(f) of the USGSA. Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. Alan R. Christian, Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. [FR Doc. 2012–5250 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Telephone • Applying for Designation on the Internet: Use FGISOnline (https:// fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/ default_home_FGIS.aspx) and then click on the Delegations/Designations and Export Registrations (DDR) link. You will need to obtain an FGISOnline customer number and USDA eAuthentication username and password prior to applying. • Submit Comments Using the Internet: Go to Regulations.gov (https:// www.regulations.gov). Instructions for submitting and reading comments are detailed on the site. • Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: Eric J. Jabs, Chief, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, QADB, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153. • Fax: Eric J. Jabs, 816–872–1258. • Email: Eric.J.Jabs@usda.gov. 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(c)). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Opportunity for Designation in the Pocatello, ID; Evansville, IN; and Salt Lake City, UT Areas; Request for Comments on the Official Agencies Servicing These Areas Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. The designations of the official agencies listed below will end on September 30, 2012. We are asking persons or governmental agencies interested in providing official services in the areas presently served by these agencies to submit an application for designation. In addition, we are asking for comments on the quality of services provided by the following designated agencies: Idaho Grain Inspection Service (Idaho); Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio Valley); and Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (Utah). erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Applications and comments must be received by April 4, 2012. DATES: Submit applications and comments concerning this notice using any of the following methods: ADDRESSES: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:43 Mar 02, 2012 Jkt 226001 (701) (402) (901) (712) Eric J. Jabs, 816–659–8408 or Eric.J.Jabs@usda.gov. Section 79(f) of the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) authorizes the Secretary 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)). Under section 79(g) of the USGSA, designations of official agencies are effective for three years unless terminated by the Secretary, but may be renewed according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 79(f) of the USGSA. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Areas Open for Designation Idaho Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic area, in the State of Idaho, is assigned to this official agency. The southern half of the State of Idaho up to the northern boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties. PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 252–1290 435–4386 942–3216 255–8073 Designation start 4/1/2012 4/1/2012 4/1/2012 4/1/2012 Designation end 3/31/2015 3/31/2015 3/31/2015 3/31/2015 Ohio Valley Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic area, in the States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, is assigned to this official agency. • In Indiana: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox (except the area west of U.S. Route 41 (150) from Sullivan County south to U.S. Route 50), Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties. • In Kentucky: Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins (west of State Route 109 south of the Western Kentucky Parkway), Logan, Todd, Union, and Webster (west of Alternate U.S. Route 41 and State Route 814) Counties. • In Tennessee: Cheatham, Davidson, and Robertson Counties. Utah Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic area, the entire State of Utah, is assigned to this official agency. Opportunity for Designation Interested persons or governmental agencies may apply for designation to provide official services in the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of section 79(f) of the USGSA and 7 CFR 800.196(d). Designation in the specified geographic areas is for the period beginning October 1, 2012 and ending September 30, 2015. To apply for designation or for more information, contact Eric J. Jabs at the address listed above or visit GIPSA’s Web site at https://www.gipsa.usda.gov. Request for Comments We are publishing this notice to provide interested persons the opportunity to comment on the quality of services provided by the Idaho, Ohio Valley and Utah official agencies. In the designation process, we are particularly interested in receiving comments citing reasons and pertinent data supporting or objecting to the designation of the E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 43 / Monday, March 5, 2012 / Notices applicants. Submit all comments to Eric J. Jabs at the above address or at https://www.regulations.gov. We consider applications, comments, and other available information when determining which applicants will be designated. information should contact Paul Kollmer-Dorsey at (202) 203–4545. Paul Kollmer-Dorsey, Deputy General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2012–5417 Filed 3–1–12; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 8610–01–P Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71–87k. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Alan R. Christian, Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Arkansas Advisory Committee [FR Doc. 2012–5245 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS Sunshine Act Meeting Notice Thursday, March 8, 2012, 3:15 p.m. DATE AND TIME: Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Suite D, 7600 Boston Blvd., Springfield, VA 22153. PLACE: Notice of Meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors. SUBJECT: The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) will be meeting at the time and location listed above. At the meeting, the BBG will consider a resolution to award and present David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards, three resolutions honoring employees for their service, a resolution honoring the 10th anniversary of Radio Sawa, and a resolution for 2012 policy statements on sexual harassment and equal employment opportunity. The BBG will receive and consider a report from the Governance Committee regarding Board leadership, Board operating procedures, and the status of BBG-sponsored grantees consolidation and future structure for U.S. international broadcasting. The BBG will recognize the anniversaries of Agency language services and receive a budget update and an update on the Commission on Innovation. The BBG will receive reports from the International Broadcasting Bureau Director, the Communications and External Affairs Director, the VOA Director, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting Director, and the Presidents of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia, and the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. The meeting is open to public observation via streamed webcast, both live and on-demand, on the BBG’s public Web site at www.bbg.gov. erowe on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:06 Mar 02, 2012 Jkt 226001 Regional Office at the above email or street address. The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA. Dated in Washington, DC, February 29, 2012. Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. [FR Doc. 2012–5244 Filed 3–2–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–P BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P Persons interested in obtaining more 13075 Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a planning meeting of the Arkansas Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene by conference call at 2 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Monday, April 2, 2012. The purpose of this meeting is to continue planning civil rights project. This meeting is available to the public through the following toll-free call-in number: (866) 364–7584, conference call access code number 56024166. Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and contact name Farella E. Robinson. To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/ TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on March 26, 2012. Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by May 2, 2012. The address is U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments may be emailed to frobinson@usccr.gov. Records generated by this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Central Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission’s Web site, www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Central PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Louisiana Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a State Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting of the Louisiana Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2 p.m. and adjourn at approximately 5 p.m. (CST). The meeting will convene at BERIA Bank, 1101 East Admiral Doyle Drive, Suite 202, New Iberia, LA 70560. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct a briefing and planning meeting to collect preliminary information concerning potential racial disparities in the high incarceration of African-Americans in state-operated prisons. The meeting is open to the public or through the following toll-free call-in number 1 (866) 364–7584, conference call access code number 56366308. Any interested member of the public may call this number and listen to the meeting. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over land-line connections to the toll-free telephone number. Persons with hearing impairments may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 8339 and providing the Service with the conference call number and contact name Farella E. Robinson. To ensure that the Commission secures an appropriate number of lines for the public, persons are asked to register by contacting Corrine Sanders of the Central Regional Office and TTY/ TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on March 22, 2012. Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the E:\FR\FM\05MRN1.SGM 05MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13074-13075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5245]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Pocatello, ID; Evansville, IN; 
and Salt Lake City, UT Areas; Request for Comments on the Official 
Agencies Servicing These Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The designations of the official agencies listed below will 
end on September 30, 2012. We are asking persons or governmental 
agencies interested in providing official services in the areas 
presently served by these agencies to submit an application for 
designation. In addition, we are asking for comments on the quality of 
services provided by the following designated agencies: Idaho Grain 
Inspection Service (Idaho); Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio 
Valley); and Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (Utah).

DATES: Applications and comments must be received by April 4, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications and comments concerning this notice 
using any of the following methods:
     Applying for Designation on the Internet: Use FGISOnline 
(https://fgis.gipsa.usda.gov/default_home_FGIS.aspx) and then click 
on the Delegations/Designations and Export Registrations (DDR) link. 
You will need to obtain an FGISOnline customer number and USDA 
eAuthentication username and password prior to applying.
     Submit Comments Using the Internet: Go to Regulations.gov 
(https://www.regulations.gov). Instructions for submitting and reading 
comments are detailed on the site.
     Mail, Courier or Hand Delivery: Eric J. Jabs, Chief, USDA, 
GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, QADB, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 
64153.
     Fax: Eric J. Jabs, 816-872-1258.
     Email: Eric.J.Jabs@usda.gov.
    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(c)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric J. Jabs, 816-659-8408 or 
Eric.J.Jabs@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 79(f) of the United States Grain 
Standards Act (USGSA) authorizes the Secretary 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)). Under section 79(g) 
of the USGSA, designations of official agencies are effective for three 
years unless terminated by the Secretary, but may be renewed according 
to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 79(f) of the 
USGSA.

Areas Open for Designation

Idaho

    Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Idaho, is assigned to this official agency.
    The southern half of the State of Idaho up to the northern 
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.

Ohio Valley

    Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, is assigned to 
this official agency.
     In Indiana: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox (except the area 
west of U.S. Route 41 (150) from Sullivan County south to U.S. Route 
50), Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties.
     In Kentucky: Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, 
Hopkins (west of State Route 109 south of the Western Kentucky 
Parkway), Logan, Todd, Union, and Webster (west of Alternate U.S. Route 
41 and State Route 814) Counties.
     In Tennessee: Cheatham, Davidson, and Robertson Counties.

Utah

    Pursuant to Section 79(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of Utah, is assigned to this official agency.

Opportunity for Designation

    Interested persons or governmental agencies may apply for 
designation to provide official services in the geographic areas 
specified above under the provisions of section 79(f) of the USGSA and 
7 CFR 800.196(d). Designation in the specified geographic areas is for 
the period beginning October 1, 2012 and ending September 30, 2015. To 
apply for designation or for more information, contact Eric J. Jabs at 
the address listed above or visit GIPSA's Web site at https://www.gipsa.usda.gov.

Request for Comments

    We are publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to comment on the quality of services provided by the 
Idaho, Ohio Valley and Utah official agencies. In the designation 
process, we are particularly interested in receiving comments citing 
reasons and pertinent data supporting or objecting to the designation 
of the

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applicants. Submit all comments to Eric J. Jabs at the above address or 
at https://www.regulations.gov.
    We consider applications, comments, and other available information 
when determining which applicants will be designated.

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

Alan R. Christian,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-5245 Filed 3-2-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-KD-P

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