[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19379]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Designation for the Central Iowa (IA) and Montana Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Central Iowa Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc. (Central Iowa), and the Montana Department of 
Agriculture (Montana) to provide official services under the United 
States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATES: September 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, 
Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Ave. S.W., 
Washington, DC 20250-3604.

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.
    In the March 1, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 8025), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Central Iowa and Montana to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by March 30, 1996. Central Iowa and 
Montana, the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide 
official inspection services in the entire areas currently assigned to 
them.
    Since Central Iowa and Montana were the only applicants, GIPSA did 
not ask for comments on the applicants.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act; and according to Section 
7(f)(l)(B), determined that Central Iowa and Montana are able to 
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they 
applied. Effective September 1, 1996, and ending August 31, 1999, 
Central Iowa and Montana are designated to provide official services in 
the geographic areas specified in the March 1, 1996, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Central Iowa at 515-266-1101 and Montana 406-452-9561.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: July 24, 1996.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-19379 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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