[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 126 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33706-33707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16208]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity for Designation in the Decatur (IL), Grand Forks 
(ND), and McCrea (IA) Agencies, and the State of South Carolina

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 Decatur Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Decatur), Grand Forks Grain Inspection Department, 
Inc. (Grand Forks), and John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea), agencies, 
and the South Carolina State Department of Agriculture (South Carolina) 
will end December 31, 1996, according to the Act, and GIPSA is asking 
persons interested in providing official services in the Decatur, Grand 
Forks, McCrea, and South Carolina areas to submit an application for 
designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before August 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, Janet 
M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, Ag Code 3604, 1400 
Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250-3604. 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

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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: Decatur, main office located in Decatur, Illinois; Grand 
Forks, main office located in Grand Forks, North Dakota; McCrea, main 
office located in Clinton, Iowa; and South Carolina, main office 
located in Columbia, South Carolina, to provide official inspection 
services under the Act on January 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 Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and South 
Carolina end on December 31, 1996.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Illinois, is assigned to Decatur:
    Bounded on the North by the northern and eastern DeWitt County 
lines; the eastern Macon County line south to Interstate 72; Interstate 
72 northeast to the eastern Piatt County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Piatt, Moultrie, and Shelby 
County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Shelby County line; a straight 
line running along the southern Montgomery County line west to State 
Route 16 to a point approximately one mile northeast of Irving; and
    Bounded on the West by a straight line from this point northeast to 
Stonington on State Route 48; a straight line from Stonington northwest 
to Elkhart on Interstate 55; a straight line from Elkhart northeast to 
the west side of Beason on State Route 10; State Route 10 east to 
DeWitt County; the western DeWitt County line.
    Decatur's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Decatur's area which have been and will continue 
to be serviced by the following official agency: Champaign-Danville 
Grain Inspection Departments, Inc.: Moultrie Grain Association, 
Cadwell, Moultrie County; Tabor and Company, Weedman Grain Company, and 
Pacific Grain Company, all in Farmer City, DeWitt County; and 
Monticello Grain Company, Monticello, Piatt County.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Illinois and Iowa, is assigned to McCrea:
    Carroll and Whiteside Counties, Illinois; and
    Clinton and Jackson Counties, Iowa.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the State of North Dakota, is assigned to Grand Forks:
    Bounded on the North by the North Dakota State line;
    Bounded on the East by the North Dakota State line south to State 
Route 200;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 200 west-northwest to the 
western Traill County line; the western Traill County line; the 
southern Grand Forks and Nelson County lines; the southern Eddy County 
line west to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to State Route l5; 
State Route l5 west to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52 northeast to State 
Route 3; and
    Bounded on the West by State Route 3 north to State Route 60; State 
Route 60 west-northwest to State Route 5; State Route 5 west to State 
Route 14; State Route 14 north to the North Dakota State line.
    Grand Fork's assigned geographic area does not include the 
following grain elevators inside Grand Fork's area which have been and 
will continue to be serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. Grain Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop Elevator, Fessenden; 
Farmers Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain, both in Manfred; all in 
Wells County; and
    2. Minot Grain Inspection, Inc.: Harvey Farmers Elevator, Harvey, 
Wells County. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following 
geographic area, the entire State of New York, except those export port 
locations within the State which are serviced by FGIS, is assigned to 
New York.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the entire State of South 
Carolina, except those export port locations within the State, is 
assigned to South Carolina.
    Interested persons, including Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and 
South Carolina, 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 January 1, 
1997, and ending December 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: June 14, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-16208 Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]
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