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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Request for Applications from Persons Interested in Designation 
to Provide Official Services in the Geographic Area Presently Assigned 
to the Jamestown (ND) Agency

AGENCY: Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 
provides that official agency designations shall end not later than 
triennially and may be renewed. The designation of Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Jamestown), will end July 31, 1994, according to the Act, and 
FGIS is asking persons interested in providing official services in the 
specified geographic area to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before March 2, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Neil E. Porter, Director, 
Compliance Division, FGIS, USDA, Room 1647 South Building, P.O. Box 
96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454. Telecopier (FAX) users may send 
applications to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-720-1015, 
attention: Neil E. Porter. If an application is submitted by 
telecopier, FGIS reserves the right to request an original application. 
All applications will be made available for public inspection during 
regular business hours at this address located at 1400 Independence 
Avenue, S.W.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil E. Porter, telephone 202-720-
8262.

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.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes FGIS' 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.
    FGIS designated Jamestown, main office located in Jamestown, North 
Dakota, to provide official inspection services under the Act on August 
1, 1991.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act. The designation of Jamestown ends on July 31, 1994. The 
geographic area presently assigned to Jamestown, in the State of North 
Dakota, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned 
to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Bounded on the North by Interstate 94 east to U.S. Route 85; U.S. 
Route 85 north to State Route 200; State Route 200 east to U.S. Route 
83; U.S. Route 83 southeast to State Route 41; State Route 41 north to 
State Route 200; State Route 200 east to State Route 3; State Route 3 
north to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52 southeast to State Route 15; 
State Route 15 east to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 south to Foster 
County; the northern Foster County line; the northern Griggs County 
line east to State Route 32;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 32 south to State Route 45; 
State Route 45 south to State Route 200; State Route 200 west to State 
Route 1; State Route 1 south to the Soo Railroad line; the Soo Railroad 
line southeast to Interstate 94; Interstate 94 west to State Route 1; 
State Route 1 south to the Dickey County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Dickey County line west to 
U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to the Lamoure County line; the 
southern Lamoure County line; the southern Logan County line west to 
State Route l3; State Route l3 west to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83 
south to the Emmons County line; the southern Emmons County line; the 
southern Sioux County line west State Route 49; State Route 49 north to 
State Route 21; State Route 21 west to the Burlington-Northern (BN) 
line; the Burlington-Northern (BN) line northwest to State Route 22; 
State Route 22 south to U.S. Route 12; U.S. Route 12 west-northwest to 
the North Dakota State line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western North Dakota State line north to 
Interstate 94.
    The following locations, outside of the above contiguous geographic 
area, are part of this geographic area assignment: Farmers Coop 
Elevator, Fessenden, Farmers Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain, both in 
Manfred, all in Wells County (located inside Grand Forks Grain 
Inspection Department, Inc.'s, area); and Norway Spur, and Oakes Grain, 
both in Oakes, Dickey County (located inside North Dakota Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area).
    Exceptions to Jamestown's assigned geographic area are the 
following locations inside Jamestown's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agency--Minot Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: Benson Quinn Company, Underwood; and Missouri Valley 
Grain Company, Washburn, all in McLean County.
    Interested persons, including Jamestown, are hereby given the 
opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services in 
the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of Section 
7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the regulations issued 
thereunder. Designation in the specified geographic areas is for the 
period beginning August 1, 1994, and ending July 31, 1997. Persons 
wishing to apply for designation should contact the Compliance Division 
at the address listed above for forms and information.
    Applications and other available information will be considered in 
determining which applicant will be designated.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.)

    Dated: January 26, 1994
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-2125 Filed 1-31-94; 8:45 am]
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