[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46433-46434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22373]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Designation for the Mid-Iowa (IA) Area and the State of Oregon

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

ACTION: Notice.

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

EFFECTIVE DATES: October 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.
    In the April 1, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 14289), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Mid-Iowa and Oregon to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by May 1, 1996. Mid-Iowa and Oregon, 
the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide official 
services in the entire areas currently assigned to them.
    Since Mid-Iowa and Oregon 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 Mid-Iowa and Oregon are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas for which they applied. 
Effective October 1, 1996, and ending September 30, 1999, Mid-Iowa and 
Oregon are designated to provide official services in the geographic 
areas specified in the April 1, 1996, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Mid-
Iowa at 319-363-0239 and Oregon at 503-276-0939.

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


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    Dated: August 22, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-22373 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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