[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7485]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the Mid-Iowa (IA) Area and the State 
of Oregon

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 Mid-Iowa Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa), and the Oregon Department of Agriculture 
(Oregon) will end September 30, 1996, according to the Act, and GIPSA 
is asking persons interested in providing official services in the Mid-
Iowa and Oregon areas to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before May 1, 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 
Mid-Iowa, main office located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Oregon, main 
office located in Pendleton, Oregon, to provide official inspection 
services under the Act on October 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 Mid-Iowa and Oregon end on September 30, 
1996.
    The geographic area presently assigned to Mid-Iowa, in the State of 
Iowa, 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 Winneshiek and Allamakee 
County lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Allamakee County line; the 
eastern and southern Clayton County lines; the eastern Buchanan County 
line; the northern and eastern Jones County lines; the eastern Cedar 
County line south to State Route 130;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 130 west to State Route 38; 
State Route 38 south to Interstate 80; Interstate 80 west to U.S. Route 
63; and
    Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 63 north to State Route 8; State 
Route 8 east to State Route 21; State Route 21 north to D38; D38 east 
to State Route 297; State Route 297 north to V49; V49 north to Bremer 
County; the southern Bremer County line; the western Fayette and 
Winneshiek County lines.
    The geographic area presently assigned to the State of Oregon 
pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act is the entire State of Oregon, 
except those export port locations within the State which are serviced 
by GIPSA.
    Interested persons, including Mid-Iowa and Oregon, 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 October 1, 1996, and ending September 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: March 20, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7485 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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