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[FR Doc No: 94-15574]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Grain Inspection Service

 

Opportunity for Designation in Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma Counties 
Arizona

AGENCY: Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 
authorizes FGIS' Administrator to designate persons to provide official 
services in specified areas. FGIS is requesting persons interested in 
providing official services in Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma Counties 
Arizona to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked on or sent by telecopier (FAX) 
by August 1, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Janet M. Hart, Chief, 
Review Branch, 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: Janet M. Hart. 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 at 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., during regular business 
hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, telephone 202-720-8525.

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, after 
determining that there is a need for official services, 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 has given Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. (Farwell), and the 
California Department of Food and Agriculture (California) authority to 
provide official services in certain counties in Arizona for a period 
ending September 1994.
    Farwell subsequently advised FGIS that they believe there is 
sufficient need for official inspection services to warrant 
establishing a permanent office in Arizona. According, FGIS is 
requesting persons interested in providing official services in Arizona 
to submit an application for designation.
    The Counties in Arizona, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, 
which may be assigned to the applicant selected for designation are 
Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma.
    Interested persons are hereby given an opportunity to apply for 
designation under the provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act and section 
800.196(d) of the regulations issued thereunder. 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. Designation in the 
Arizona Counties is for a period not to exceed 3 years beginning about 
January 1, 1995. 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 after the FGIS 
determines that there is a need for official services in the Arizona 
Counties.

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

    Dated: June 21, 1994
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-15574 Filed 6-30-94; 8:45 am]
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