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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Grain Inspection Service

 

Opportunity for Designation in the Denver (CO), East Indiana 
(IN), and Kansas Areas

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 designations of Denver Grain 
Inspection (Denver), East Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (East 
Indiana), and Kansas State Grain Inspection Department (Kansas), will 
end August 31, 1994, according to the Act, and FGIS is asking persons 
interested in providing official services in the specified geographic 
areas to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before March 31, 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 at this 
address located at 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., during regular 
business hours.

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 Denver, main office located in Commerce City, 
Colorado, East Indiana, main office located in Muncie, Indiana, and 
Kansas, main office located in Topeka, Kansas, to provide grain 
inspection services under the Act on September 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 designations of Denver, East Indiana, and Kansas end on 
August 31, 1994.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Denver, in the States of 
Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the 
Act, which will be assigned to the applicant selected for designation 
is as follows:
    The entire State of Colorado.
    In Nebraska:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Scotts Bluff County line; the 
northern Morrill County line east to Highway 385;
    Bounded on the East by Highway 385 south to the northern Cheyenne 
County line; the northern and eastern Cheyenne County lines; the 
northern and eastern Deuel County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Deuel, Cheyenne, and Kimball 
County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Kimball, Banner, and Scotts 
Bluff County lines.
    Goshen and Platte Counties, Wyoming.
    The following locations, outside of the above contiguous geographic 
area, are part of this geographic area assignment: Albin Elevator, 
Albin; Farmers Coop, Burns; Carpenter Elevator, Carpenter; Pillsbury 
Company, Egbert; and Pine Bluffs Feed and Grain, Pine Bluffs, all in 
Laramie County, Wyoming (located inside Wyoming Department of 
Agriculture's area). Exceptions to Denver's assigned geographic area 
are the following locations inside Denver's area which have been and 
will continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Hastings 
Grain Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop, and Big Springs Elevator, both in 
Big Springs, Deuel County, Nebraska.
    The geographic area presently assigned to East Indiana, in the 
States of Indiana and Ohio, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, 
which will be assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as 
follows:
    In Indiana:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Lagrange and Steuben County 
lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Stueben, De Kalb, Allen, Adams, 
Jay, Randolph, Wayne, and Union County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Union and Fayette County 
lines; the eastern Rush County line south to State Route 244; State 
Route 244 west to the Rush County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Rush and Henry County lines; the 
southern Madison County line west to State Route 13; State Route 13 
north to State Route 132; State Route 132 northwest to Madison County; 
the western and northern Madison County lines; the northern Delaware 
County line; the western Blackford County line north to State Route 18; 
State Route 18 west to County Highway 900E; County Highway 900E north 
to Huntington County; the southern Huntington and Wabash County lines; 
the western Wabash County line north to State Route 114; State Route 
114 northwest to State Route 19; State Route 19 north to Kosciusko 
County; the western and northern Kosciusko County lines; the western 
Noble and Lagrange County lines.
    Darke County, Ohio.
    The following location, outside of the above contiguous geographic 
area, is part of this geographic area assignment: Payne Cooperative 
Association, Payne, Paulding County, Ohio (located inside Lima Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area).
    The geographic area presently assigned to Kansas, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation, is the entire State of Kansas.
    Interested persons, including Denver, East Indiana, and Kansas 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 September 1, 1994, and ending August 
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: February 24, 1994.
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-4732 Filed 3-2-94; 8:45 am]
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