[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 21 (Wednesday, January 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3372]
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[FR Doc No: 96-1757]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Schneider (IN) Area and the 
State of Georgia

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 Schneider 
Inspection Service, Inc. (Schneider), and the Georgia Department of 
Agriculture (Georgia) will end July 31, 1996, according to the Act, and 
GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official services in 
the Schneider and Georgia areas to submit an application for 
designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before February 28, 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 
Schneider, main office located in Lake Village, Indiana, and Georgia, 
main office located in Tifton, Georgia, to provide official inspection 
services under the Act on August 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 Schneider and Georgia end on July 31, 
1996.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Schneider, in the States 
of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the 
USGSA, which may be assigned to the applicant selected for designation 
is as follows.
    In Illinois and Indiana:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Will County line from 
Interstate 57 east to the Illinois-Indiana State line; the Illinois-
Indiana State line north to the northern Lake County line; the northern 
Lake, Porter, Laporte, St. Joseph, and Elkhart County lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern and southern Elkhart County 
lines; the eastern Marshall County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Marshall and Starke County 
lines; the eastern Jasper County line south-southwest to U.S. Route 24; 
U.S. Route 24 west to Indiana State Route 55; Indiana State Route 55 
south to the Newton County line; the southern Newton County line west 
to U.S. Route 41; U.S. Route 41 north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 
west to the Indiana-Illinois State line; and
    Bounded on the West by Indiana-Illinois State line north to 
Kankakee County; the southern Kankakee County line west to U.S. Route 
52; U.S. Route 52 north to Interstate 57; Interstate 57 north to the 
northern Will County line.
    Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan.
    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Frick Service and Farmers Grain, both in Winamac, Pulaski 
County, Indiana (located inside Titus Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    Schneider's assigned geographic area does not include the export 
port locations inside Schneider's area which are serviced by FGIS.
    The geographic area presently assigned to the State of Georgia, 
pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, which may be assigned to the 
applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    The entire State of Georgia, except those export port locations 
within the State which are serviced by FGIS.
    Interested persons, including Schneider and Georgia, 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 August 1, 1996, and ending July 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: January 24, 1996.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1757 Filed 1-30-96; 8:45 am]
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