[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 232 (Monday, December 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 63818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30414]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designations for the Decatur (IL), Grand Forks (ND), McCrea (IA) 
Areas and the State of South Carolina

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Decatur Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Decatur), Grand Forks Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Grand 
Forks), John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea), and the South Carolina 
Department of Agriculture (South Carolina) to provide official services 
under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue 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 June 28, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 33706), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and South Carolina to 
submit an application for designation. Applications were due by August 
1, 1996. Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and South Carolina, the only 
applicants, each applied for designation to provide official services 
in the entire area currently assigned to them.
    Since Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and South Carolina were the 
only applicants for the respective areas, 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 Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and South 
Carolina are able to provide official services in the geographic areas 
for which they applied. Effective January 1, 1997, and ending December 
31, 1999, Decatur, Grand Forks, McCrea, and South Carolina are 
designated to provide official services in the geographic areas 
specified in the June 28, 1996, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Decatur at 217-429-2466, Grand Forks at 701-772-0151, McCrea at 319-
242-2073, and South Carolina at 803-554-1311.

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

    Dated: November 20, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-30414 Filed 11-29-96; 8:45 am]
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