[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21855]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Louisiana and North Carolina Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Louisiana Department of 
Agriculture and Forestry (Louisiana) and North Carolina Department of 
Agriculture (North Carolina) to provide official services under the 
United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, 
GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 
20090-6454.

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 March 31, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 16602), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Louisiana and North Carolina to submit an application 
for designation. Applications were due by May 1, 1995. There were three 
applicants: Louisiana and North Carolina each applied for designation 
to provide official services in the entire areas currently assigned to 
them; Saybolt-South Texas Inspection Service, Inc., main office located 
in Galena Park, Texas, applied for the entire Louisiana area.
    GIPSA requested comments on the applicants in the June 1, 1995, 
Federal Register (60 FR 28571). Comments were due by June 30, 1995. 
GIPSA received no comments by the deadline.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act; and according to Section 
7(f)(l)(B), determined that Louisiana is better able to provide 
official services in the geographic area for which they applied, and 
North Carolina is able to provide official services in the geographic 
area for which they applied. Effective October 1, 1995, and ending 
September 30, 1998, Louisiana is designated to provide official 
inspection and Class X and Class Y weighing services, and North 
Carolina is designated to provide official inspection services in the 
geographic areas specified in the March 31, 1995, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Louisiana at 318-487-5088 and North Carolina at 919-733-4491.

    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. 95-21855 Filed 9-1-95; 8:45 am]
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