[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42582-42583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20922]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation of Farwell and Plainview (TX) for Part of the Former 
Amarillo Area in the Lubbock, Texas (TX) Region

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Farwell Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Farwell), and Plainview Grain Inspection and Weighing Service, 
Inc. (Plainview), to provide official services under the United States 
Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act) in part of the former Amarillo 
Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo), area.

EFFECTIVE DATES: September 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, 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.
    Amarillo asked GIPSA to remove the Lubbock region from their 
assigned geographic area. The Lubbock region consists of: Andrews, 
Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, El Paso, Gaines, Garza, 
Hockley, Howard, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry, 
and Yoakum Counties, Texas, and the parts of Hale and Lamb Counties, 
Texas, assigned to Amarillo. In the March 13, 1996, Federal Register 
(61 FR 10313), GIPSA requested comments on the need for official 
services and asked persons interested in providing official services in 
the Lubbock area assigned to Amarillo to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by April 10, 1996. There were two 
applicants: Farwell and Plainview, both designated official agencies. 
Farwell applied for the Texas Counties of Cochran, Hockley, and that 
part of Lamb that was previously assigned to Amarillo. Plainview 
applied for the Texas Counties of Andrews, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, 
Dickens, Gaines, Garza, Howard, Kent, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, 
Scurry, Terry, Yoakum, and that part of Hale not currently assigned to 
them.
    GIPSA requested comments on the applicants for the Lubbock region 
in the May 9, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 21155). Comments were due 
by June 7, 1996. No comments were received by the deadline.
    GIPSA's Administrator determined that there is sufficient need for 
official services in the Lubbock region, except for the Texas County of 
El Paso. After evaluating all available information regarding the 
designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and according to 
Section 7(f)(1)(B), GIPSA determined that Farwell is able to provide 
official services in the northwestern area, as follows: the Texas 
Counties of Cochran, Hockley, and that part of Lamb that was previously 
assigned to Amarillo; and Plainview is able to provide official 
services in the southeastern area, as follows: the Texas Counties of 
Andrews, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Gaines, Garza, Howard, Kent, 
Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry, Yoakum, and that part 
of Hale not currently assigned to them.
    Effective September 1, 1996 and ending January 31, 1999 (the end of 
their present designation), Farwell is designated in the geographic 
area specified above in addition to the area they are already 
designated to serve. Effective September 1, 1996 and ending

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May 31, 1999 (the end of their present designation), Plainview is 
designated in the geographic area specified above in addition to the 
area they are already designated to serve.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Farwell at 806-481-9052 and Plainview at 806-293-1364.

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

    Dated: August 12, 1996
Thomas E. Hearon
Acting Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-20922 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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