[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28572-28573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13391]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity for Designation in the Amarillo (TX) and Wisconsin 
Areas

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 Amarillo Grain 
Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo), and Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, 
Trade and Consumer Protection (Wisconsin) will end November 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 June 30, 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-
690-2755, 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's 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 Amarillo, main office located in Amarillo, Texas, 
to provide official inspection services, and Wisconsin, main office 
located in Madison, Wisconsin, to provide official inspection and Class 
X and Class Y weighing services under the Act on December 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 Amarillo and Wisconsin end on November 30, 
1995.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Amarillo, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation is as follows:
    In Texas:
    Bounded on the North by the Texas-Oklahoma State line to the 
eastern Clay County line; [[Page 28573]] 
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Clay, Archer, Throckmorton, 
Shackelford, and Callahan County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Callahan, Taylor, Nolan, 
Mitchell, Howard, Martin, and Andrews County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum, and 
Cochran County lines; the northern Cochran County line; the northern 
Hockley County line east to FM 303; FM 303 north to U.S. Route 84; U.S. 
Route 84 (including Sudan), southeast to FM 37; FM 37 east to FM 179; 
FM 179 north to FM 1914; FM 1914 east (not including Hale Center), to 
FM 400; FM 400 south to FM 37; FM 37 east to the Hale County line; the 
eastern Hale County line; the northern Crosby and Dickens County lines; 
the western Cottle and Childress County lines north to U.S. Route 287; 
U.S. Route 287 northwest to Donley County; the southern Donley and 
Armstrong County lines west to Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River; 
Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River northwest to State Route 217; 
State Route 217 west to FM 1062; FM 1062 west to U.S. Route 385; U.S. 
Route 385 north to Oldham County; the southern Oldham County line; the 
western Oldham, Hartley, and Dallam County lines.
    The area also includes El Paso County, Texas, and Beaver, Beckham, 
Cimarron, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, and Texas Counties, Oklahoma.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Wisconsin, pursuant to 
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
selected for designation, is the entire State of Wisconsin, except 
those export port locations within the State.
    Interested persons, including Amarillo and Wisconsin, 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 area is for 
the period beginning December 1, 1995, and ending November 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: May 23, 1995.
Sidney U. Allen,
Acting Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 95-13391 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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