[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 5897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2317]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity for Designation in the Eastern Iowa (IA) 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 Eastern Iowa Grain 
Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Eastern Iowa), will end July 31, 
1995, according to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in 
providing official services in the Eastern Iowa area to submit an 
application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before February 28, 1995.

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 Eastern Iowa, main office located in Davenport, 
Iowa, to provide official inspection services under the Act on August 
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 designation of Eastern Iowa ends on July 31, 1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Eastern Iowa, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation is as follows:
    The southern area: Bounded on the North, in Iowa, by Interstate 80 
from the western Iowa County line east to State Route 38; State Route 
38 north to State Route 130; State Route 130 east to Scott County; the 
western and northern Scott County lines east to the Mississippi River;
    Bounded on the East, from the Mississippi River, in Illinois, by 
the eastern Rock Island County line; the northern Henry and Bureau 
County lines east to State Route 88; State Route 88 south; the southern 
Bureau County line; the eastern and southern Henry County lines; the 
eastern Knox County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Knox County line; the eastern 
and southern Warren County lines; the southern Henderson County line 
west to the Mississippi River; in Iowa, by the southern Des Moines, 
Henry, Jefferson, and Wapello County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western and northern Wapello County 
lines; the western and northern Keokuk County lines; the western Iowa 
County line north to Interstate 80.
    The northern area: Bounded on the North, in Iowa, by the northern 
Delaware and Dubuque County lines; in Illinois, by the northern Jo 
Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, and Lake County lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Illinois State line south to the 
northern Will County line; the northern Will County line west to 
Interstate 55; Interstate 55 southwest to the southern Dupage County 
line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Dupage, Kendall, Dekalb, and 
Lee County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Lee and Ogle County lines; by 
the southern Stephenson and Jo Daviess County lines; in Iowa, by the 
southern Dubuque and Delaware County lines; and the western Delaware 
County line.
    Exceptions to Eastern Iowa's assigned geographic area are the 
following export port locations inside Eastern Iowa's area which have 
been and will continue to be serviced by FGIS: Cargill Elevator; 
Continental ``B'' Elevator; Continental ``C'' Elevator; Countrymark 
Cooperative, Inc.; and Rialto Elevator, all in Chicago, Illinois.
    Interested persons, including Eastern Iowa, 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 Eastern Iowa area is for the period 
beginning August 1, 1995, and ending no later than July 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: January 23, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
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