[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5934]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Request for Comments on the Need for Official Services and 
Request for Applications for Designation to Provide Official Services 
in the Lubbock, Texas (TX) Region

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo), has asked GIPSA to 
amend their designation to remove the Lubbock region from their 
assigned geographic area. GIPSA is asking for comments on the need for 
official services in the Lubbock region. GIPSA also is asking persons 
interested in providing official services in the Lubbock region to 
submit an application for designation.

DATE: Applications and comments must be postmarked or sent by 
telecopier (FAX) on or before April 10, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Applications and comments 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 or comments 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 and comments will be 
made available for public inspection at this address located at 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., 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.
    Amarillo has asked GIPSA to remove the Lubbock region from their 
assigned geographic area. The Lubbock region consists of: Andrews, 
Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, El Paso, Gaines, Garza, 
Hockley, Howard, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry, 
and Yoakum Counties, Texas, and the parts of Hale and Lamb Counties, 
Texas, assigned to Amarillo.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act), authorizes GIPSA's Administrator, after determining that 
there is sufficient need for official services, to designate a 
qualified applicant to provide official services in a specified area 
after determining that the applicant is qualified and is better able 
than any other applicant to provide such official services. GIPSA is 
asking for comments on the need for official services in the Lubbock 
region (including volume estimates by carrier, type of service, and 
kind of grain). GIPSA also is asking persons interested in providing 
official services in the Lubbock region to submit an application for 
designation. The applicant selected for designation in the Lubbock 
region will be assigned by GIPSA's Administrator according to section 
7(f)(1) of the Act.
    Interested persons are hereby given an opportunity to submit 
comments on the need for official services in the Lubbock region, and 
to apply for designation to provide official services in the Lubbock 
region under the provisions of Section 7(f) of the Act and section 
800.196(d) of the regulations issued thereunder. Applications and other 
available information will be considered in determining which applicant 
will be designated.
    Designation in the Lubbock region is for the period beginning about 
August 1, 1996, and not to exceed 3 years as prescribed in section 
7(g)(1) of the Act. 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: March 7, 1996.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-5934 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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