[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 42 (Friday, March 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8025-8026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4020]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Central Iowa (IA) Area and the 
State of Montana

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

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before March 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'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 Iowa, main office located in Des Moines, Iowa, and Montana, 
main office located in Great Falls, Montana, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act on September 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 Central Iowa and Montana end on August 31, 
1996.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Central Iowa, in the 
State of Iowa, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, which may be 
assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
    Bounded on the North by U.S. Route 30 east to N44; N44 south to 
E53; E53 east to U.S. Route 30; U.S. Route 30 east to the Boone County 
line; the western Boone County line north to E18; E18 east to U.S. 
Route 169; U.S. Route 169 north to the Boone County line; the northern 
Boone County line; the western Hamilton County line north to U.S. Route 
20; U.S. Route 20 east to R38; R38 north to the Hamilton County line; 
the northern Hamilton County line east to Interstate 35; Interstate 35 
northeast to C55; C55 east to S41; S41 north to State Route 3; State 
Route 3 east to U.S. Route 65; U.S. Route 65 north to C25; C25 east to 
S56; S56 north to C23; C23 east to T47; T47 south to C33; C33 east to 
T64; T64 north to B60; B60 east to U.S. Route 218; U.S. Route 218 north 
to Chickasaw County; the western Chickasaw County line; and the western 
and northern Howard County lines.
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Howard and Chickasaw County 
lines; the eastern and southern Bremer County lines; V49 south to State 
Route 297; State Route 297 south to D38; D38 west to State Route 21; 
State Route 21 south to State Route 8; State Route 8 west to U.S. Route 
63; U.S. Route 63 south to Interstate 80; Interstate 80 east to the 
Poweshiek County line; the eastern Poweshiek, Mahaska, Monroe, and 
Appanoose County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Appanoose, Wayne, Decatur, 
Ringgold, and Taylor County lines;
    Bounded on the West by the western Taylor County line; the southern 
Montgomery County line west to State Route 48; State Route 48 north to 
M47; M47 north to the Montgomery County line; the northern Montgomery 
County line; the western Cass and Audubon County lines; the northern 
Audubon County line east to U.S. Route 71; U.S. Route 71 north to U.S. 
Route 30.
    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Farmers Co-op Elevator Company, Chapin, Franklin County; 
and CENEX Land 

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O'Lakes, Inc., Rockwell, Cerro Gordo County (located inside D. R. 
Schaal Agency's area).
    Central Iowa's assigned geographic area does not include the 
following grain elevators inside Central Iowa's area which have been 
and will continue to be serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. A. V. Tischer and Son, Inc.: Farmers Co-op Elevator, Boxholm, 
Boone County; and
    2. Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: T&K Evans, Elliot, 
Montgomery County; and Hemphill Feed & Grain, and Hansen Feed & Grain, 
both in Griswold, Cass County.
    The geographic area presently assigned to the State of Montana, 
pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, which may be assigned to the 
applicant selected for designation is the entire State of Montana, 
except those export port locations within the State which are serviced 
by FGIS.
    Interested persons, including Central Iowa and Montana, 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 September 1, 1996, and ending August 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: February 13, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-4020 Filed 2-29-96; 8:45 am]
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