[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61241-61242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29116]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the Central Illinois (IL) and 
Plainview (TX) 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 will end not later than 
triennially and may be renewed. The designations of Central Illinois 
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois), and Plainview Grain 
Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. (Plainview), will end May 31, 
1996, according to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in 
providing official services in the Central Illinois and Plainview areas 
to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before January 2, 1996.

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 
Central Illinois, main office located in Bloomington, Illinois, and 
Plainview, main office located in Plainview, Texas, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act on June 1, 1993.
    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 

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of Central Illinois and Plainview end on May 31, 1996.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Central Illinois, in the 
State of Iowa, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be 
assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Bounded on the North by State Route 18 east to U.S. Route 51; U.S. 
Route 51 south to State Route 17; State Route 17 east to Livingston 
County; the Livingston County line east to State Route 47;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 47 south to State Route 116; 
State Route 116 west to Pontiac, which intersects with a straight line 
running north and south through Arrowsmith to the southern McLean 
County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern McLean County line; the 
eastern Logan County line south to State Route 10; State Route 10 west 
to the Logan County line; the western Logan County line; the southern 
Tazewell County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Tazewell County line; the 
western Peoria County line north to Interstate 74; Interstate 74 
southeast to State Route 116; State Route 116 north to State Route 26; 
State Route 26 north to State Route 18.
    Central Illinois' assigned geographic area does not include the 
following grain elevator inside Central Illinois' area which has been 
and will continue to be serviced by the following official agency: 
Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc.: East Lincoln Farmers Grain Co., 
Lincoln, Logan County.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Plainview, in the State 
of Texas, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned 
to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Deaf Smith County line east to 
U.S. Route 385; U.S. Route 385 south to FM 1062; FM 1062 east to State 
Route 217; State Route 217 east to Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red 
River; Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River southeast to the Briscoe 
County line; the northern Briscoe County line; the northern Hall County 
line east to U.S. Route 287;
    Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 287 southeast to the eastern Hall 
County line; the eastern and southern Hall County lines; the eastern 
Motley County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Motley and Floyd County lines; 
the western Floyd County line north to FM 37; FM 37 west to FM 400; FM 
400 north to FM 1914; FM 1914 west, including Hale Center, to FM 179; 
FM 179 south to FM 37; FM 37 west to U.S. Route 84; U.S. Route 84 
northwest to FM 303; and
    Bounded on the West by FM 303, not including Sudan, north to U.S. 
Route 70; U.S. Route 70 west to the Lamb County line; the western and 
northern Lamb County lines; the western Castro County line; the 
southern Deaf Smith County line west to State Route 214; and State 
Route 214 north to the northern Deaf Smith County line.
    Interested persons, including Central Illinois and Plainviewl, 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 June 1, 1996, and ending May 31, 1999. 
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: November 21, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-29116 Filed 11-28-95; 8:45 am]
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