[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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