Notice2021-13703
Opportunity for Designation in the West Lafayette, Indiana Area; Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area
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June 28, 2021
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Agriculture DepartmentAgricultural Marketing Service
Abstract
The designation of the official agency listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below will end on the prescribed date. We are asking persons or governmental agencies interested in providing official services in the area presently served by this agency to submit an application for designation. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) encourages submissions from traditionally underrepresented individuals, organizations, and businesses to reflect the diversity of this industry. AMS encourages submissions from qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, we are asking for comments on the quality of services provided by the following designated agency: Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus).
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 121 (Monday, June 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13703]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No AMS-FGIS-21-0043]
Opportunity for Designation in the West Lafayette, Indiana Area;
Request for Comments on the Official Agency Servicing This Area
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The designation of the official agency listed in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION below will end on the prescribed date. We are asking
persons or governmental agencies interested in providing official
services in the area presently served by this agency to submit an
application for designation. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
encourages submissions from traditionally underrepresented individuals,
organizations, and businesses to reflect the diversity of this
industry. AMS encourages submissions from qualified applicants,
regardless of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, religion, disability status, protected
veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In
addition, we are asking for comments on the quality of services
provided by the following designated agency: Titus Grain Inspection,
Inc. (Titus).
DATES: Applications and comments must be received by July 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications and comments concerning this Notice
using any of the following methods:
<bullet> To apply for Designation: Use FGISonline (<a href="https://fgisonline.ams.usda.gov">https://fgisonline.ams.usda.gov</a>) 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.
<bullet> To submit Comments: Go to <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> (<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>). Instructions for submitting and reading comments
are detailed on the site. Interested persons are invited to submit
written comments concerning this notice. All comments must be submitted
through the Federal e-rulemaking portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
and should reference the document number and the date and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. All comments submitted in
response to this notice will be included in the record and will be made
available to the public. Please be advised that the identity of the
individuals or entities submitting comments will be made public on the
internet at the address provided above.
Read Applications and Comments: All comments will be available for
public inspection online at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. If you would
like to view the applications, please contact us at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e6869677d7f6f6d6a6e5b5d4a4f00494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1452535d474555575054616770753a737b62">[email protected]</span></a>
(7 CFR 1.27(c)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Dreier at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7b1b0bea4a6b6b4b3b782849396d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8eeefe1fbf9e9ebece8dddbccc986cfc7de">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The designation of the official agency
listed below will end on the prescribed date:
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Headquarters location
Official agency and telephone Designation end
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Titus Grain Inspection, Inc... West Lafayette, IN, 6/30/2021
765-497-2202.
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Section 7(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 7(g) of the USGSA,
designations of official agencies are effective for no longer than five
years, unless terminated by the Secretary, and may be renewed according
to the criteria and procedures prescribed in section 7(f) of the USGSA.
Areas Open for Designation
Titus: Area of designation includes parts of Indiana. Please see
the March 29, 2016, issue of the Federal Register (81 FR 17431) for the
description of the area in Lafayette, Indiana, open for designation.
Opportunity for Designation
Interested persons or governmental agencies may apply for
designation to provide official services in the geographic area of the
official agency specified above under the provisions of section 7(f) of
the USGSA and 7 CFR 800.196. Designation in the specified geographic
area for Titus begins July 1, 2021. To apply for designation or to
request more information on the geographic area serviced by this
official agency, contact Jessica Dreier at the address listed above.
Request for Comments
We are publishing this Notice to provide interested persons the
opportunity to comment on the quality of services provided by the Titus
official agency. In the designation process, we are particularly
interested in receiving comments citing reasons and pertinent data
supporting or objecting to the designation of the applicant. Such
comments should be submitted through the Federal e-rulemaking portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
We consider applications, comments, and other available information
when determining which applicant will be designated.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-13703 Filed 6-25-21; 8:45 am]
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