[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66959-66960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31269]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cancellation of Designation for the South Texas Region (TX)

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Quanta Lab (Quanta) was scheduled to begin providing official 
inspection services January 1, 1996; however, Quanta has asked that 
this designation be canceled.

DATES: Effective Date 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.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act) authorizes the GIPSA Administrator to designate a 
qualified applicant to 

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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 Quanta, main office located in Selma, Texas, to 
provide official services, under the Act on November 7, 1995, to be 
effective on January 1, 1996. The designation of Quanta was scheduled 
to end on December 30, 1996. However, Quanta asked GIPSA to cancel its 
designation effective January 1, 1996, due to concerns regarding the 
demand for service in the area. Accordingly, GIPSA is announcing the 
cancellation of Quanta s designation effective January 1, 1996.
    Official services in South Texas will continue to be provided by 
the GIPSA Corpus Christi office, which can be contacted at 512-888-
3461.

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

    Dated: December 18, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-31269 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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