[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46432-46433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22109]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the Springfield (IL) Area and the 
State of Alabama

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act),

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provides that official agency designations will end not later than 
triennially and may be renewed. The designation of Springfield Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Springfield), will end March 31, 1997, according to 
the Act and the designation of Alabama Department of Agriculture and 
Industries (Alabama) will end February 28, 1997, according to the Act, 
and GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official services 
in the Springfield and Alabama areas to submit an application for 
designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before October 3, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 
Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 1400 
Independence Ave. 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 
Springfield, main office located in Springfield, Illinois, to provide 
official inspection services under the Act on April 1, 1994, and 
Alabama, main office located in Mobile, Alabama, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act on March 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 designation of Springfield ends on March 31, 1997, and the 
designation of Alabama ends on February 28, 1997.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Illinois, is assigned to Springfield.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Schuyler, Cass, and Menard 
County lines; the western Logan County line north to State Route 10; 
State Route 10 east to the west side of Beason;
    Bounded on the East by a straight line from the west side of Beason 
southwest to Elkhart on Interstate 55; a straight line from Elkhart 
southeast to Stonington on State Route 48; a straight line from 
Stonington southwest to Irving on State Route 16;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 16 west to the eastern Macoupin 
County line; the eastern, southern, and western Macoupin County lines; 
the southern and western Greene County lines; the southern Pike County 
line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Pike County line west to U.S. 
route 54; U.S. Route 54 northeast to State Route 107; State Route 107 
northeast to State Route 104; State Route 104 east to the western 
Morgan County line. The western Morgan, Cass, and Schuyler County 
lines.
    The following grain elevator, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, is part of this geographic area assignment: 
East Lincoln Farmers Grain Co., Lincoln, Logan County (located inside 
Central Illinois Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of Alabama, except those export port locations 
within the State, is assigned to Alabama.
    Interested persons, including Springfield, and Alabama, 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 Springfield geographic area is 
for the period beginning April 1, 1997, and ending February 29, 2000. 
Designation in the Alabama geographic area is for the period beginning 
March 1, 1997, and ending February 29, 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: August 22, 1996.
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-22109 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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