[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 1 (Thursday, January 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 91]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33325]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Designations for 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: GIPSA announces the designation of Kankakee Grain Inspection, 
Inc. (Kankakee), the California Department of Food and Agriculture 
(California), and the Washington Department of Agriculture (Washington) 
to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards 
Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 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 August 1, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 40191), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Kankakee, California, and Washington to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by September 2, 
1996. Kankakee, California, and Washington, the only applicants, each 
applied for designation to provide official services in the entire area 
currently assigned to them.
    Since Kankakee, California, and Washington 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 Kankakee, California, and Washington are 
able to provide official services in the geographic areas for which 
they applied. Effective February 1, 1997, and ending January 31, 2000, 
Kankakee, California, and Washington are designated to provide official 
services in the geographic areas specified in the August 1, 1996, 
Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Kankakee at 815-932-2851, California at 916-654-0743, and Washington at 
360-902-1827.

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

    Dated: December 23, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-33325 Filed 12-31-96; 8:45 am]
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