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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Opportunity for Designation in the Minot (ND) and Tri-State (OH) 
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 Minot Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Minot), and Tri-State Grain Inspection Service, Inc. 
(Tri-State), will end September 30, 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 May 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 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 Minot, main office located in Minot, North Dakota, 
and Tri-State, main office located in Cincinnati, Ohio, to provide 
official inspection services under the Act on October 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 Minot and Tri-State end on September 30, 
1994. The geographic area presently assigned to Minot, in the State of 
North Dakota, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be 
assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Bounded on the North by the North Dakota State line east to State 
Route 14;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 14 south to State Route 5; State 
Route 5 east to State Route 60; State Route 60 southeast to State Route 
3; State Route 3 south to State Route 200;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 200 west to State Route 41; 
State Route 41 south to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83 northwest to State 
Route 200; State Route 200 west to U.S. Route 85; U.S. Route 85 south 
to Interstate 94; Interstate 94 west to the North Dakota State line; 
and
    Bounded on the West by the North Dakota State line.
    The following locations, outside of the above contiguous geographic 
area, are part of this geographic area assignment: Harvey Farmers 
Elevator, Harvey, Wells County (located inside Grand Forks Grain 
Inspection Department, Inc.'s, area); and Benson Quinn Company, 
Underwood, and Missouri Valley Grain Company, Washburn, all in McLean 
County (located inside Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    The geographic area presently assigned to Tri-State, in the States 
of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, 
which may be assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as 
follows:
    Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Rush (south of State 
Route 244), and Switzerland Counties, Indiana.
    Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Clark, Fleming, Gallatin, 
Grant, Harrison, Kenton, Lewis (west of State Route 59), Mason, 
Montgomery, Nicholas, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson Counties, 
Kentucky.
    In Ohio:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Preble County line east; the 
western and northern Miami County lines east to State Route 296; State 
Route 296 east to State Route 560; State Route 560 south to the Clark 
County line; the northern Clark County line east to U.S. Route 68;
    Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 68 south to U.S. Route 22; U.S. 
Route 22 east to State Route 73; State Route 73 southeast to the Adams 
County line; the eastern Adams County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Adams, Brown, Clermont, and 
Hamilton County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Hamilton, Butler, and Preble 
County lines.
    Interested persons, including Minot and Tri-State, 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 October 1, 1994, and ending September 30, 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: March 22, 1994.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-7362 Filed 3-31-94; 8:45 am]
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