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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Grain Inspection Service

 

Opportunity for Designation in the Frankfort (IN) and Jinks (IL) 
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 Frankfort Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Frankfort), and Jinks Grain Weighing Service (Jinks) 
will end February 28, 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 September 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 Frankfort, main office located in Frankfort, 
Indiana, to provide official inspection services and Class X or Y 
weighing services under the Act on March 1, 1992, and Jinks, main 
office located in Homer, Illinois, to provide Class X or Y weighing 
services under the Act on March 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 Frankfort and Jinks end on February 28, 
1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Frankfort, 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 Fulton County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Fulton County line south to 
State Route 19; State Route 19 south to State Route 114; State Route 
114 southeast to the eastern Fulton and Miami County lines; the 
northern Grant County line east to County Highway 900E; County Highway 
900E south to State Route 18; State Route 18 east to the Grant County 
line; the eastern and southern Grant County lines; the eastern Tipton 
County line; the eastern Hamilton County line south to State Route 32;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 32 west to the Boone County 
line; the eastern and southern Boone County lines; the southern 
Montgomery County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western and northern Montgomery County 
lines; the western Clinton County line; the western Carroll County line 
north to State Route 25; State Route 25 northeast to Cass County; the 
western Cass and Fulton County lines.
    Exceptions to Frankfort's assigned geographic area are the 
following locations inside Frankfort's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Titus Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: The Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Buckeye Feed 
and Supply Company, Leiters Ford, Fulton County; and Cargill, Inc., 
Linden, Montgomery County.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Jinks, 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 Iroquois County line east to Illinois 
State Route 1; Illinois State Route 1 south to U.S. Route 24; U.S. 
Route 24 east into Indiana, to U.S. Route 41;
    Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 41 south to the southern Fountain 
County line; the Fountain County line west to Vermillion County (in 
Indiana); the eastern Vermillion County line south to U.S. Route 36;
    Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 36 west into Illinois, to the 
Douglas County line; the eastern Douglas and Coles County lines; the 
southern Coles County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Coles and Douglas County lines; 
the western Champaign County line north to Interstate 72; Interstate 72 
southwest to the Piatt County line; the western Piatt County line; the 
southern McLean County line west to a point 10 miles west of the 
western Champaign County line; a straight line running north to U.S. 
Route 136; U.S. Route 136 east to Interstate 57; Interstate 57 north to 
the Champaign County line; the northern Champaign County line; the 
western Vermilion (in Illinois) and Iroquois County lines.
    Interested persons, including Frankfort and Jinks 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 March 1, 1995, and ending no later than February 28, 
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: August 17, 1994
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-21507 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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