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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Opportunity for Designation in the Grand Forks (ND), Lima (OH), 
and Virginia 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 Grand Forks Grain 
Inspection Department, Inc. (Grand Forks), Lima Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Lima), and Virginia Department of Agriculture and 
Consumer Services (Virginia) will end January 31, 1995, 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 August 30, 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 located 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 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 Grand Forks, main office located in Grand Forks, 
North Dakota, and Lima, main office located in Lima, Ohio, to provide 
official inspection services, and Virginia, main office located in 
Richmond, Virginia, to provide official inspection and Class X or Y 
weighing services under the Act on February 1, 1992.
    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 Grand Forks, Lima, and Virginia end on 
January 31, 1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Grand Forks, 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 North Dakota State line;
    Bounded on the East by the North Dakota State line south to State 
Route 200;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 200 west-northwest to the 
western Traill County line; the western Traill County line; the 
southern Grand Forks and Nelson County lines; the southern Eddy County 
line west to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to State Route l5; 
State Route l5 west to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52 northeast to State 
Route 3; and
    Bounded on the West by State Route 3 north to State Route 60; State 
Route 60 west-northwest to State Route 5; State Route 5 west to State 
Route 14; State Route 14 north to the North Dakota State line.
    Exceptions to Grand Fork's assigned geographic area are the 
following locations inside Grand Fork's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. Grain Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop Elevator, Fessenden; 
Farmers Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain, both in Manfred; all in 
Wells County; and
    2. Minot Grain Inspection, Inc.: Harvey Farmers Elevator, Harvey, 
Wells County.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Lima, 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 and eastern Williams County 
lines; the northern and eastern Defiance County lines south to U.S. 
Route 24; U.S. Route 24 northeast to State Route 108;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 108 south to Putnam County; the 
northern and eastern Putnam County lines; the eastern Allen County 
line; the northern Hardin County line east to U.S. Route 68 (excluding 
all of Sidney, Ohio); U.S. Route 68 south to U.S. Route 47;
    Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 47 west-southwest to Interstate 
75; Interstate 75 south to the Shelby County line; the southern and 
western Shelby County lines; the southern Mercer County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the Ohio-Indiana State line from the 
southern Mercer County line to the northern Williams County line.
    An exception to Lima's assigned geographic area is the following 
location inside Lima's area which has been and will continue to be 
serviced by the following official agency: East Indiana Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: Payne Cooperative Association, Payne, Paulding 
County.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Virginia, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation is the entire State of Virginia, except those 
export port locations within the State.
    Interested persons, including Grand Forks, Lima, and Virginia 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 February 1, 1995, and ending January 
31, 1998. 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: July 20, 1994.
Janet M. Hart,
Acting Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-18351 Filed 7-29-94; 8:45 am]
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