[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7977]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the States of Louisiana and North 
Carolina

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 designations of the Louisiana 
Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Louisiana) and the North 
Carolina Department of Agriculture (North Carolina) will end September 
30, 1995, according to the Act, and GIPSA 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 May 1, 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, 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 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 Louisiana, main office located in Baton Rouge, 
Louisiana, to provide inspection and Class X and Class Y weighing 
services under the Act on October 1, 1992, and North Carolina, main 
office located in Raleigh, North Carolina, to provide inspection 
services under the Act on October 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 Louisiana and North Carolina end on 
September 30, 1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Louisiana, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation, is the entire State of Louisiana, except 
those export port locations within the State.
    The geographic area presently assigned to North Carolina, pursuant 
to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation, is the entire State of North Carolina, except 
those export port locations within the State.
    Interested persons, including Louisiana and North Carolina, 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 October l, 1995, and ending September 
30, 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: March 22, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-7977 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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