[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 149 (Thursday, August 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40191-40192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19385]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Kankakee (IL) Area and the 
States of California and Washington

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 Kankakee Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee), the California Department of Food and 
Agriculture (California) and the Washington Department of Agriculture 
(Washington) will end January 31, 1997, according to the Act, and GIPSA 
is asking persons interested in providing official services in the 
Kankakee, California, and Washington areas to submit an application for 
designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before September 2, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, Janet 
M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 1400 
Independence Avenue, S.W., 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 
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: Kankakee main office located in Bourbonnais, Illinois; 
California main office located in Sacramento, California; and 
Washington, main office located in Olympia, Washington, under the Act 
on February 1, 1994.
    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 Kankakee, California, and Washington end 
on January 31, 1997.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Illinois, is assigned to Kankakee:

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    Bounded on the North by the northern Bureau County line; the 
northern LaSalle and Grundy County lines; the northern Will County line 
east-southeast to Interstate 57;
    Bounded on the East by Interstate 57 south to U.S. Route 52; U.S. 
Route 52 south to the Kankakee County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Kankakee and Grundy County 
lines; the southern LaSalle County line west to State Route 17; State 
Route 17 west to U.S. Route 51; U.S. Route 51 north to State Route 18; 
State Route 18 west to State Route 26; State Route 26 south to State 
Route 116; State Route 116 south to Interstate 74; Interstate 74 west 
to the western Peoria County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Peoria and Stark County lines; 
the northern Stark County line east to State Route 88; State Route 88 
north to the Bureau County line.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of California, is assigned to California, except 
those export port locations within the State which are serviced by 
GIPSA, and except the geographic area assigned to the Los Angeles Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc., which is as follows:
    Bounded on the North by the Angeles National Forest southern 
boundary from State Route 2 east; the San Bernadino National Forest 
southern boundary east to State Route 79;
    Bounded on the East by State Route 79 south to State Route 74;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 74 west-southwest to Interstate 
5; Interstate 5 northwest to Interstate 405; Interstate 405 northwest 
to State Route 55; State Route 55 northeast to Interstate 5; Interstate 
5 northwest to State Route 91; State Route 91 west to State Route 11; 
and
    Bounded on the West by State Route 11 north to U.S. Route 66; U.S. 
Route 66 west to Interstate 210; Interstate 210 northwest to State 
Route 2; State Route 2 north to the Angeles National Forest boundary.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of Washington, except those export port 
locations within the State, is assigned to Washington.
    Interested persons, including Kankakee, California, and Washington, 
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 February 1, 1997, and ending January 
31, 2000. 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: July 24, 1996.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-19385 Filed 7-31-96; 8:45 am]
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