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[FR Doc No: 94-24233]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Opportunity for Designation in the Indianapolis (IN) and Quincy 
(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 Indianapolis Grain 
Inspection & Weighing Service, Inc. (Indianapolis), and Quincy Grain 
Inspection & Weighing Service, Inc. (Quincy), will end March 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 November 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 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 Indianapolis, main office located in Beech Grove, 
Indiana, to provide official inspection services under the Act on April 
1, 1994, and Quincy, main office located in Quincy, Illinois, to 
provide official inspection services under the Act on April 1, 1992.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies shall end no later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act. The designations of Indianapolis and Quincy end on March 31, 
1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Indianapolis, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, in the State of Indiana, which will be 
assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Bartholomew; Brown; Hamilton, south of State Route 32; Hancock; 
Hendricks; Johnson; Madison, west of State Route 13 and south of State 
Route 132; Marion; Monroe; Morgan; and Shelby Counties.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Quincy, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, in the State of Illinois, which will be 
assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Adams, Brown, Greene, Macoupin (southwest of a straight line from 
the junction of State Route 111 and the northern Macoupin County line 
southeast to the junction of Interstate 55 and State Route 16), and 
Pike Counties.
    Exceptions to Quincy's assigned geographic area are the following 
locations inside Quincy's area which have been and will continue to be 
serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. Keokuk Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: Ursa Farmers Coop, Meyer, 
and Ursa Farmers Coop, Ursa, both in Adams County; and
    2. Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc.: Cargill, Inc., and Quincy 
Soybean Company, Florence, Pike County.
    Interested persons, including Indianapolis and Quincy 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 April 1, 1995, and ending no later than March 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: September 19, 1994.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-24233 Filed 9-30-94; 8:45 am]
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