[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66958-66959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31271]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity for Designation in the Barton (KY) and North Dakota 
(ND) 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 J. W. Barton Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc. (Barton), and North Dakota Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (North Dakota), will end June 30, 1996, according to the 
Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official 
services in the Barton and North Dakota areas to submit an application 
for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before January 30, 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' 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 
Barton, main office located in Owensboro, Kentucky, and North Dakota, 
main office located in Fargo, North Dakota, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act on July 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 of 
Barton and North Dakota end on June 30, 1996.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Barton, in the States of 
Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the 
Act, which may be assigned to the applicant selected for designation is 
as follows:
    In Indiana: Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jennings, 
Jefferson, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Scott, Spencer, and 
Washington Counties.
    In Kentucky: Bounded on the North by the northern Daviess, Hancock, 
Breckinridge, Meade, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble, and Carroll 
County lines;

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    Bounded on the East by the eastern Carroll, Henry, Franklin, Scott, 
Fayette, Jessamine, Woodford, Anderson, Nelson, Larue, Hart, Barren, 
and Allen County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Allen and Simpson County 
lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Simpson and Warren County lines; 
the southern Butler and Muhlenberg County lines; the Muhlenberg County 
line west to the Western Kentucky Parkway; the Western Kentucky Parkway 
west to State Route 109; State Route 109 north to State Route 814; 
State Route 814 north to U.S. Route Alternate 41; U.S. Route Alternate 
41 north to the Webster County line; the northern Webster County line; 
the western McLean and Daviess County lines.
    In Tennessee: Bounded on the North by the northern Tennessee State 
line from Sumner County east;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Tennessee State line southwest;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Tennessee State line west to 
the western Giles County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Giles, Maury, and Williamson 
County lines North; the northern Williamson County line east; the 
western Rutherford, Wilson, and Sumner County lines north.
    The geographic area presently assigned to North Dakota, in the 
State of North Dakota, 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 Steele County line from State 
Route 32 east; the eastern Steele County line south to State Route 200; 
State Route 200 east-southeast to the State line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern North Dakota State line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern North Dakota State line west 
to State Route 1; and
    Bounded on the West by State Route 1 north to Interstate 94; 
Interstate 94 east to the Soo Railroad line; the Soo Railroad line 
northwest to State Route 1; State Route 1 north to State Route 200; 
State Route 200 east to State Route 45; State Route 45 north to State 
Route 32; State Route 32 north.
    North Dakota's assigned geographic area does not include the 
following grain elevators inside North Dakota's area which have been 
and will continue to be serviced by the following official agency: 
Grain Inspection, Inc.: Norway Spur, and Oakes Grain, both in Oakes, 
Dickey County.
    Interested persons, including Barton and North Dakota, are hereby 
given the opportunity to apply for designation to provide official 
services in the geographic areas 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 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 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: December 18, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-31271 Filed 12-26-95; 8:45 am]
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