Proposed Posting and Posting of Stockyards, 71477-71479 [2016-25006]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 200 / Monday, October 17, 2016 / Notices alternatives will be explored during the scoping and during preparation of the EIS/EIR. The EIS/EIR will focus on issues for which potentially significant impacts are identified, including: Public recreation and impacts to user groups, biological resources, cultural resources, transportation and parking, water resources and water quality, and others. In addition, the EIS/EIR will analyze the full range of resource topics required by the lead agencies (e.g., noise, land use) and cumulative impacts. Permits or Licenses Required Permits that may be required before implementation include: A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Construction Permit issued by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, a Section 404 Permit and Section 401 Certification (per the Clean Water Act) issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Biological Opinion/ Incidental Take Statement issued by USFWS, Section 2081 Incidental Take Permit issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and a Streambed Alteration Agreement (Section 1602 permits of the California Fish and Game Code) issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Local traffic control and encroachment permits may be required from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works or the California Department of Transportation. Scoping Process The ANF and the WCA are seeking public and agency comment on the proposed project to identify major issues. Comments received will help define the scope of the project and issues to be analyzed in depth. Comments should be as ‘‘project specific’’ as possible. It is important that reviewers provide their comments at such times and in such a manner that they are useful to the agency’s preparation of the environmental impact statement. Therefore, comments should be provided prior to the close of the scoping comment period and should clearly articulate the reviewer’s concerns and contentions in relation to the project. Reviewers may wish to refer to the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR 1503.3) in addressing these points. The proposed project is consistent with the 2006 Angeles National Forest Land Management Plan, and is subject to project level, pre-decisional administrative review pursuant to 36 CFR 218, Subparts A and B. Comments received on this notice or in subsequent environmental reviews, including names and addresses of those who comment, will be considered as part of the public record on this proposed project, and are subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and California Public Records Act (CPRA). Comments submitted anonymously will be accepted and considered; however, those who submit anonymous comments will not have standing to object to the subsequent decision. Dated: October 7, 2016. Rachel C. Smith, Deputy Forest Supervisor, Angeles National Forest. [FR Doc. 2016–25007 Filed 10–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3411–15–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Designation for the Olympia, WA Area Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. AGENCY: ACTION: 71477 Notice. GIPSA is announcing the designation of the Washington State Department of Agriculture (Washington) to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended. DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2015. ADDRESSES: Sharon Lathrop, Compliance Officer, USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, QACD, 10383 North Ambassador Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Lathrop, 816–891–0415, Sharon.L.Lathrop@usda.gov or FGIS.QACD@usda.gov. READ APPLICATIONS: All applications and comments are available for public inspection at the office above during regular business hours (7 CFR 1.27(c)). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the August 26, 2014, Federal Register (79 FR 50886), GIPSA requested applications for designation to provide official services in the geographic areas presently serviced by Washington. Applications were due by September 25, 2014. The current official agency, Washington, was the only applicant for designation to provide official services in these areas. As a result, GIPSA did not ask for additional comments. GIPSA evaluated the designation criteria in USGSA 7 U.S.C. 79(f), and determined that Washington is qualified to provide official services in the geographic areas specified in the Federal Register on August 26, 2014. This designation to provide official services in the specified areas of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington is effective January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017. Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting this agency at the following telephone number: SUMMARY: Headquarters location Telephone Designation start Designation end Washington ......... jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Official agency Olympia, WA .............................................................................................. 360–902–1888 1/1/2015 12/31/2017 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). DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Larry Mitchell, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2016–25015 Filed 10–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:22 Oct 14, 2016 Jkt 241001 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Proposed Posting and Posting of Stockyards Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA. Notice and request for comments. ACTION: PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) is taking several actions to post stockyards under the Packers and Stockyards Act (P&S Act). Specifically, we are proposing that eight stockyards now operating subject to the P&S Act be posted. We are also posting 15 stockyards that were identified previously as operating subject to the P&S Act. DATES: For the proposed posting of stockyards, we will consider comments SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 71478 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 200 / Monday, October 17, 2016 / Notices that we receive on or before November 1, 2016. ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may submit comments by any of the following methods: • Internet: Go to https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail, hand delivery, or courier: R. Dexter Thomas, GIPSA, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530–S, Washington, DC 20250–3604. Instructions: All comments should refer to the date and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. The comments and other documents relating to this action will be available for public inspection during regular business hours. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine M. Grasso, Program Analyst, Litigation and Economic Analysis Division at (202) 720–7201 or Catherine.m.grasso@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GIPSA administers and enforces the P&S Act of 1921, (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent practices by livestock market agencies, dealers, stockyard owners, meat packers, swine contractors, and live poultry dealers in the livestock, poultry, and meatpacking industries. Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term ‘‘stockyard’’ as follows: ‘‘. . . any place, establishment, or facility commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or shipment in commerce.’’ Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act requires the Secretary of Agriculture to determine which stockyards meet this definition, and to notify the owner of the stockyard and the public of that determination by posting a notice in each designated stockyard. Once the Proposed facility No. KY–189 ............. MS–181 ............ NC–182 ............ NC–183 ............ ND–134 ............ PA–164 ............. SD–173 ............. TN–215 ............. Secretary provides notice to the stockyard owner and the public, the stockyard is subject to the provisions of Title III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201– 203 and 205–217a) until the Secretary deposts the stockyard by public notice. To post a stockyard, we assign the stockyard a facility number, notify the stockyard owner, and send an official posting notice to the stockyard owner to display in a public area of the stockyard. This process is referred to as ‘‘posting.’’ The date of posting is the date that the posting notices are physically displayed at the stockyard. A facility that does not meet the definition of a stockyard is not subject to the P&S Act, and therefore cannot be posted. A posted stockyard can be deposted, which occurs when the facility is no longer used as a stockyard. We are hereby notifying stockyard owners and the public that the following eight stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard, and that we propose to designate these stockyards as posted stockyards. Stockyard name and location Blue Grass Stockyards of Albany, LLC, Albany, Kentucky. Cattlemens Stockyard, LLC, West Point, Mississippi. Walton L. Standridge d/b/a Standridge Auction, Hamlet, North Carolina. Vale Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Cleveland County Agriculture & Livestock Exchange, Shelby, North Carolina. Bismarck Superior Livestock, LLP, Bismarck, North Dakota. Nicholson Livestock Market, Factoryville, Pennsylvania. Kramer’s Auction, LLC, Colman, South Dakota. Alexandria Stockyard, Inc., Alexandria, Tennessee. We are also notifying the public that the stockyards listed in the following table meet the P&S Act’s definition of a stockyard and that we have posted the stockyards. On July 27, 2015, we published a notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 41255–41256) of our proposal to post these 15 stockyards. Since we received no comments to our proposal, we assigned the stockyards a facility number and notified the owner of the stockyard facilities. Posting notices were sent to the owner of the stockyard to display in public areas of the stockyard. The table below reflects the date of posting for each stockyard. Date of posting jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Facility No. Stockyard name and location AR–184 .............. AZ–119 .............. GA–236 ............. GA–237 ............. KY–188 .............. MO–289 ............. MS–179 ............. MS–180 ............. NC–181 ............. OK–218 ............. TN–212 .............. TN–213 .............. TN–214 .............. TX–358 .............. UT–119 .............. Mid-State Stockyards, LLC, Damascus, Arkansas. ............................................................................................ Arizona Livestock Auction, Buckeye, Arizona. .................................................................................................... Trion Livestock Auction, LLC, Trion Georgia. ..................................................................................................... Deer Run Auction Co., Adel, Georgia. ................................................................................................................ Franklin Livestock Market, Inc., Franklin, Kentucky. ........................................................................................... Archangel Outreach Ministries, Inc., d/b/a CRS & Highlandville Sales, Highlandville, Missouri. ....................... Integrity Livestock Auction, LLC, Brookhaven, Mississippi. ................................................................................ Ramsey Livestock Sales, Inc., Vicksburg, Mississippi. ....................................................................................... Flippin Chicken Auction & Sales, Beulaville, North Carolina. ............................................................................. JC Stockyards Auction, LLC, Meeker, Oklahoma. .............................................................................................. WJ Auction Co., LLC, Telford, Tennessee. ......................................................................................................... Saddle Brook Stables, Jamestown, Tennessee. ................................................................................................. Wiser Farms/Triple ‘‘M’’ Farms, Shelbyille, Tennessee. ..................................................................................... Paris Livestock Auction, LLC, Paris, Texas. ....................................................................................................... Anderson Livestock Auction Co., Willard, Utah. ................................................................................................. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:22 Oct 14, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17OCN1.SGM 17OCN1 10/23/2015 12/16/2015 10/23/2015 10/16/2015 10/19/2015 12/14/2015 10/19/2015 12/11/2015 10/17/2015 10/19/2015 12/01/2015 10/26/2015 10/19/2015 10/16/2015 10/19/2015 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 200 / Monday, October 17, 2016 / Notices Authority: 7 U.S.C. 202. Larry Mitchell, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. [FR Doc. 2016–25006 Filed 10–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–KD–P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Notice of Public Meeting of the South Carolina Advisory Committee U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: 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 that the South Carolina Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, for the purpose of discussing potential projects. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 12:00 p.m. EST. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be by teleconference. Toll-free call-in number: 888–397–0286, conference ID: 9589666. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the public can listen to the discussion. This meeting is available to the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–397–0286, conference ID: 9589666. 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 landline 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 conference ID number. Members of the public are also entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office by October 30, 2016. Written comments may be mailed to the Southern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 61 Forsyth Street, Suite 16T126, Atlanta, GA 30303. They may also be faxed to the Commission at (404) 562–7005, or emailed to Regional Director, Jeffrey Hinton at jhinton@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Southern Regional Office at (404) 562–7000. jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:22 Oct 14, 2016 Jkt 241001 Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Southern Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, South Carolina Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission’s Web site, https:// www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Southern Regional Office at the above email or street address. AGENDA: Welcome and Call to Order Walter Caudle, South Carolina SAC Chairman Jeff Hinton, Regional Director Regional Update—Jeff Hinton Open Comment—Walter Caudle, South Carolina SAC Chairman Staff/Advisory Committee Public Participation Adjournment Dated: October 11, 2016. David Mussatt, Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. [FR Doc. 2016–24939 Filed 10–14–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS Notice of Public Meeting of the Tennessee Advisory Committee U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: 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 that the Tennessee Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, for the purpose of discussing potential projects. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 12:30 p.m. EST. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be by teleconference. Toll-free call-in number: 888–539–3696, conference ID: 7236252. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the public can listen to the discussion. This meeting is available to the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–539–3696, conference ID: 7236252. 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 71479 charge for calls they initiate over landline 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 conference ID number. Members of the public are also entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office by November 24, 2016. Written comments may be mailed to the Southern Regional Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 61 Forsyth Street, Suite 16T126, Atlanta, GA 30303. They may also be faxed to the Commission at (404) 562–7005, or emailed to Regional Director, Jeffrey Hinton at jhinton@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Southern Regional Office at (404) 562–7000. Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Southern Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, Tennessee Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission’s Web site, https:// www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Southern Regional Office at the above email or street address. AGENDA: Welcome and Call to Order Diane DiIanni, Tennessee SAC Chairman Jeff Hinton, Regional Director Regional Update—Jeff Hinton Open Comment—Diane DiIanni, Tennessee SAC Chairman Staff/Advisory Committee Public Participation Adjournment Dated: October 11, 2016. 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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 200 (Monday, October 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Proposed Posting and Posting of Stockyards

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) is taking several actions to post stockyards under the Packers 
and Stockyards Act (P&S Act). Specifically, we are proposing that eight 
stockyards now operating subject to the P&S Act be posted. We are also 
posting 15 stockyards that were identified previously as operating 
subject to the P&S Act.

DATES: For the proposed posting of stockyards, we will consider 
comments

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that we receive on or before November 1, 2016.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may 
submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Internet: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-
line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail, hand delivery, or courier: R. Dexter Thomas, GIPSA, 
USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Room 2530-S, Washington, DC 20250-
3604.
    Instructions: All comments should refer to the date and page number 
of this issue of the Federal Register. The comments and other documents 
relating to this action will be available for public inspection during 
regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine M. Grasso, Program Analyst, 
Litigation and Economic Analysis Division at (202) 720-7201 or 
Catherine.m.grasso@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: GIPSA administers and enforces the P&S Act 
of 1921, (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). The P&S Act prohibits unfair, 
deceptive, and fraudulent practices by livestock market agencies, 
dealers, stockyard owners, meat packers, swine contractors, and live 
poultry dealers in the livestock, poultry, and meatpacking industries.
    Section 302 of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 202) defines the term 
``stockyard'' as follows: ``. . . any place, establishment, or facility 
commonly known as stockyards, conducted, operated, or managed for 
profit or nonprofit as a public market for livestock producers, 
feeders, market agencies, and buyers, consisting of pens, or other 
enclosures, and their appurtenances, in which live cattle, sheep, 
swine, horses, mules, or goats are received, held, or kept for sale or 
shipment in commerce.''
    Section 302 (b) of the P&S Act requires the Secretary of 
Agriculture to determine which stockyards meet this definition, and to 
notify the owner of the stockyard and the public of that determination 
by posting a notice in each designated stockyard. Once the Secretary 
provides notice to the stockyard owner and the public, the stockyard is 
subject to the provisions of Title III of the P&S Act (7 U.S.C. 201-203 
and 205-217a) until the Secretary deposts the stockyard by public 
notice. To post a stockyard, we assign the stockyard a facility number, 
notify the stockyard owner, and send an official posting notice to the 
stockyard owner to display in a public area of the stockyard. This 
process is referred to as ``posting.'' The date of posting is the date 
that the posting notices are physically displayed at the stockyard. A 
facility that does not meet the definition of a stockyard is not 
subject to the P&S Act, and therefore cannot be posted. A posted 
stockyard can be deposted, which occurs when the facility is no longer 
used as a stockyard.
    We are hereby notifying stockyard owners and the public that the 
following eight stockyards meet the definition of a stockyard, and that 
we propose to designate these stockyards as posted stockyards.

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  Proposed facility No.             Stockyard name and location
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KY-189...................  Blue Grass Stockyards of Albany, LLC, Albany,
                            Kentucky.
MS-181...................  Cattlemens Stockyard, LLC, West Point,
                            Mississippi.
NC-182...................  Walton L. Standridge d/b/a Standridge
                            Auction, Hamlet, North Carolina.
NC-183...................  Vale Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Cleveland County
                            Agriculture & Livestock Exchange, Shelby,
                            North Carolina.
ND-134...................  Bismarck Superior Livestock, LLP, Bismarck,
                            North Dakota.
PA-164...................  Nicholson Livestock Market, Factoryville,
                            Pennsylvania.
SD-173...................  Kramer's Auction, LLC, Colman, South Dakota.
TN-215...................  Alexandria Stockyard, Inc., Alexandria,
                            Tennessee.
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    We are also notifying the public that the stockyards listed in the 
following table meet the P&S Act's definition of a stockyard and that 
we have posted the stockyards. On July 27, 2015, we published a notice 
in the Federal Register (79 FR 41255-41256) of our proposal to post 
these 15 stockyards. Since we received no comments to our proposal, we 
assigned the stockyards a facility number and notified the owner of the 
stockyard facilities. Posting notices were sent to the owner of the 
stockyard to display in public areas of the stockyard. The table below 
reflects the date of posting for each stockyard.

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                                                                                                      Date of
             Facility No.                             Stockyard name and location                     posting
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AR-184...............................  Mid-State Stockyards, LLC, Damascus, Arkansas............      10/23/2015
AZ-119...............................  Arizona Livestock Auction, Buckeye, Arizona..............      12/16/2015
GA-236...............................  Trion Livestock Auction, LLC, Trion Georgia..............      10/23/2015
GA-237...............................  Deer Run Auction Co., Adel, Georgia......................      10/16/2015
KY-188...............................  Franklin Livestock Market, Inc., Franklin, Kentucky......      10/19/2015
MO-289...............................  Archangel Outreach Ministries, Inc., d/b/a CRS &               12/14/2015
                                        Highlandville Sales, Highlandville, Missouri..
MS-179...............................  Integrity Livestock Auction, LLC, Brookhaven,                  10/19/2015
                                        Mississippi..
MS-180...............................  Ramsey Livestock Sales, Inc., Vicksburg, Mississippi.....      12/11/2015
NC-181...............................  Flippin Chicken Auction & Sales, Beulaville, North             10/17/2015
                                        Carolina..
OK-218...............................  JC Stockyards Auction, LLC, Meeker, Oklahoma.............      10/19/2015
TN-212...............................  WJ Auction Co., LLC, Telford, Tennessee..................      12/01/2015
TN-213...............................  Saddle Brook Stables, Jamestown, Tennessee...............      10/26/2015
TN-214...............................  Wiser Farms/Triple ``M'' Farms, Shelbyille, Tennessee....      10/19/2015
TX-358...............................  Paris Livestock Auction, LLC, Paris, Texas...............      10/16/2015
UT-119...............................  Anderson Livestock Auction Co., Willard, Utah............      10/19/2015
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    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 202.

Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-25006 Filed 10-14-16; 8:45 am]
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