[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16602-16603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7965]




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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity to Comment on the Applicant for the Eastern Iowa Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicant for designation to 
provide official services in the geographic area currently assigned to 
Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Eastern 
Iowa).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked, or sent by telecopier (FAX) or 
electronic mail by May 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to Janet M. Hart, 
Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South 
Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454. SprintMail users 
may respond to [A:ATTMAIL,O:USDA,ID:A36JHART]. ATTMAIL and FTS2000MAIL 
users may respond to !A36JHART. Telecopier (FAX) users may send 
comments to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-720-1015, 
attention: Janet M. Hart. All comments received will be made available 
for public inspection at the above 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.
    In the January 31, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 5897), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
area assigned [[Page 16603]] to Eastern Iowa to submit an application 
for designation. Eastern Iowa, the only applicant, applied for 
designation to provide official inspection services in the entire area 
currently assigned to them. GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide 
interested persons the opportunity to present comments concerning 
Eastern Iowa. Commenters are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent 
data for support or objection to the designation of Eastern Iowa. All 
comments must be submitted to the Compliance Division at the above 
address. Comments and other available information will be considered in 
making a final decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final 
decision in the Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicant 
written notification of the decision.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.)

    Dated: March 22, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-7965 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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