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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Federal Grain Inspection Service

Opportunity for Designation in the Little Rock (AR), Los Angeles 
(CA), and Ohio Valley (IN) 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 Little Rock Grain 
Exchange Trust (Little Rock), Los Angeles Grain Inspection Service, 
Inc. (Los Angeles), and Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio 
Valley), will end October 31, 1994, according to the Act, and FGIS is 
asking persons interested in these designations to submit an 
application.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before May 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 Little Rock, main office located in North Little 
Rock, Arkansas, Los Angeles, main office located in Montebello, 
California, and Ohio Valley, main office located in Newburgh, Indiana, 
to provide grain inspection services under the Act on November 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 Little Rock, Los Angeles, and Ohio Valley 
end on October 31, 1994.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Little Rock, in the 
States of Arkansas and Texas, 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 the northern Arkansas State line from the 
western Benton County line east to the eastern Clay County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Jackson, 
Woodruff, Monroe, Arkansas, Desha, and Chicot County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Arkansas State line from the 
eastern Chicot County line west to the western Miller County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Arkansas State line from the 
southern Miller County line north to the northern Benton County line.
    Bowie and Cass Counties, Texas.
    An exception to Little Rock's assigned geographic area is the 
following location inside Little Rock's area which has been and will 
continue to be serviced by Memphis Grain Inspection Service: Lockhart-
Coleman Grain Company, Augusta, Woodruff County, Arkansas.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Los Angeles, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation is as follows:
    In California: Bounded on the North by the Angeles National Forest 
southern boundary from State Route 2 east; the San Bernadino National 
Forest southern boundary east to State Route 79;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 79 south to State Route 74;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 74 west-southwest to Interstate 
5; Interstate 5 northwest to Interstate 405; Interstate 405 northwest 
to State Route 55; State Route 55 northeast to Interstate 5; Interstate 
5 northwest to State Route 91; State Route 91 west to State Route 11; 
and
    Bounded on the West by State Route 11 north to U.S. Route 66; U.S. 
Route 66 west to Interstate 210; Interstate 210 northwest to State 
Route 2; State Route 2 north to the Angeles National Forest boundary.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Ohio Valley, in the 
States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) 
of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant selected for 
designation, is as follows:
    Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox (except the area west of U.S. Route 
41 (150) from Sullivan County south to U.S. Route 50), Pike, Posey, 
Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties, Indiana.
    Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins (west of State 
Route 109 south of the Western Kentucky Parkway), Logan, Todd, Union, 
and Webster (west of Alternate U.S. Route 41 and State Route 814) 
Counties, Kentucky.
    Cheatham, Davidson, and Robertson Counties, Tennessee.
    Interested persons, including Little Rock, Los Angeles, and Ohio 
Valley 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 November 1, 1994, and ending October 
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: April 22, 1994.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-10476 Filed 5-2-94; 8:45 am]
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