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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 

Opportunity for Designation in the Champaign (IL) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA).

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 designation of Champaign-Danville 
Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Champaign), will end May 31, 1995, 
according to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in 
providing official services in the specified geographic area to submit 
an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before December 30, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Janet M. Hart, Chief, 
Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, 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, GIPSA 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 GIPSA' 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.
    GIPSA designated Champaign, main office located in Champaign, 
Illinois, to provide official inspection service under the Act on June 
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 designation of Champaign ends on May 31, 1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Champaign, 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 Livingston County line from 
State Route 47; the eastern Livingston County line to northern Ford 
County line; the northern Ford and Iroquois County lines east to the 
Illinois-Indiana State line; the Illinois-Indiana State line south to 
U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 east to U.S. Route 41;
    Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 41 south to the northern Parke 
County line; the northern Parke and Putnam County lines; the eastern 
Putnam, Owen and Greene County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Greene County line; the 
southern Sullivan County line west to U.S. Route 41 (150); U.S. Route 
41 (150) south to U.S. Route 50; U.S. Route 50 west across the Indiana-
Illinois State line to Illinois State Route 33; Illinois State Route 33 
north and west to the Western Crawford County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Crawford and Clark County lines; 
the Southern Coles County line; 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; from this point through 
Arrowsmith to Pontiac along a straight line running north and south 
which intersects with State Route 116; State Route 116 east to State 
Route 47; State Route 47 north to the northern Livingston County line.
    The following locations, all in Illinois, outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Moultrie Grain Association, Cadwell, Moultrie County; Tabor 
and Company, Weedman Grain Company, and Pacific Grain Company, all in 
Farmer City, Dewitt County; and Monticello Grain Company, Monticello, 
Piatt County (located inside Decatur Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    Exceptions to Champaign's assigned geographic area are the 
following locations inside Champaign's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Titus Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: Boswell Grain Company, Boswell, Benton County, 
Indiana; Dunn Grain, Dunn, Benton County, Indiana; York Richland Grain 
Elevator, Inc., Earl Park, Benton County, Indiana; and Raub Grain 
Company, Raub, Benton County, Indiana.
    Interested persons, including Champaign are hereby given the 
opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services in 
the geographic area 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 June 1, 1995, and ending May 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: November 18, 1994
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-29763 Filed 12-1-94; 8:45 am]
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