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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Opportunity for Designation in the Fostoria (OH), Idaho (ID), 
Lewiston (ID), and Utah 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 Fostoria Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Fostoria), Idaho Grain Inspection Service, Inc. 
(Idaho), Lewiston Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Lewiston), and the 
Utah Department of Agriculture (Utah) will end November 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 June 30, 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 Fostoria, main office located in Fostoria, Ohio, 
Idaho, main office located in Pocatello, Idaho, Lewiston main office 
located in Lewiston, Idaho, and Utah, main office located in Ogden, 
Utah, to provide grain inspection services under the Act on December 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 Fostoria, Idaho, Lewiston, and Utah end on 
November 30, 1994.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Fostoria, 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 northern and eastern Fulton County 
lines; the eastern Henry County line; the northern and eastern Wood 
County lines; the northern Sandusky County line east to State Route 
590;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 590 south to Seneca County; the 
northern Seneca County line east to State Route 53; State Route 53 
south to Wyandot County; the northern Wyandot County line; the northern 
Crawford County line east to State Route 19; State Route 19 south to 
U.S. Route 30;
    Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 30 west to the western Hancock 
County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Hancock County line; the 
southern Henry County line west to State Route 108; State Route 108 
north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 southwest to the Henry County 
line; the western Henry and Fulton County lines.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Idaho, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation, is as follows:
    The southern half of the State of Idaho up to the northern 
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Lewiston, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation, is as follows:
    The northern half of the State of Idaho down to the northern 
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Utah, pursuant to Section 
7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant selected for 
designation, is the entire State of Utah.
    Interested persons, including Fostoria, Idaho, Lewiston, and Utah 
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 December 1, 1994, and ending November 
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: May 24, 1994.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-13221 Filed 5-31-94; 8:45 am]
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