[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 66959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31268]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Designation for the Grand Forks (ND) Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Grand Forks Grain 
Inspection Department, Inc. (Grand Forks), to provide official 
inspection services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATES: January 1, 1996.

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.
    Grand Forks Grain Inspection, Inc., asked that their designation be 
terminated effective December 31, 1995, due to a change in ownership 
and the dissolution of the company. In the September 5, 1995, Federal 
Register (60 FR 46108), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing 
official services in the Grand Forks area to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by September 11, 1995. Grand Forks 
Grain Inspection Department, Inc., the new corporation and the only 
applicant, applied for designation to provide official inspection 
services in the entire area specified in the September 5, 1995, Federal 
Register.
    GIPSA requested comments on the applicant in the October 6, 1995, 
Federal Register (60 FR 52366). Comments were due by November 2, 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 Grand Forks is able to provide official 
services in the geographic area for which they applied. Effective 
January 1, 1996, and ending December 30, 1996, Grand Forks is 
designated to provide official inspection services in the geographic 
area specified in the September 5, 1995, Federal Register.
    Official services may be obtained by contacting Grand Forks at 701-
772-0151.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.)

    Dated: December 19, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-31268 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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