[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46108-46109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21852]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity for Designation in the Grand Forks (ND) Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grand Forks Grain Inspection, Inc. (Grand Forks), asked that 
their designation be terminated on December 31, 1995, due to a change 
in ownership and the dissolution of the company. 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 September 11, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Janet M. Hart, Chief, 
Review Branch, Compliance Division, 

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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, SW., 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 the 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 Grand Forks, main office located in Grand Forks, 
North Dakota, to provide official inspection services, under the Act on 
February 1, 1995.
    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 Grand Forks is scheduled to end on January 
31, 1998. However, Grand Forks asked GIPSA to end its designation 
effective December 31, 1995, as a result of a change in ownership and 
dissolution of the corporation. Accordingly, GIPSA is announcing the 
end of the Grand Forks designation on December 31, 1995, and is asking 
for applications from interested parties.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Grand Forks, 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 North Dakota State line;
    Bounded on the East by the North Dakota State line south to State 
Route 200;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 200 west-northwest to the 
western Traill County Line; the western Traill County line; the 
southern Grand Forks and Nelson County lines; the southern Eddy County 
line west to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to State Route 15; 
State Route 15 west to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52 northeast to State 
Route 3; and
    Bounded on the West by State Route 3 north to State Route 60; State 
Route 60 west-northwest to State Route 5; State Route 5 west to State 
Route 14; State Route 14 north to the North Dakota State line.
    Exceptions to Grand Forks' assigned geographic area are the 
following locations inside Grand Forks' area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. Grain Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop Elevator, Fessenden; 
Farmers Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain, both in Manfred; all in 
Wells County; and
    2. Minot Grain Inspection, Inc.: Harvey Farmers Elevator, Harvey, 
Wells County.
    Interested persons 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 January 1, 
1996, and ending October 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: August 25, 1995.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 95-21852 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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