[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4977-4978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1946]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designations for the Springfield (IL) Area and the State of 
Alabama

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

ACTION: Notice.

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 
20250-3604.


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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 September 3, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 46432), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
geographic areas assigned to Springfield and Alabama to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by October 3, 1996. 
Springfield and Alabama, the only applicants, each applied for 
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently 
assigned to them.
    Since Springfield and Alabama 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 Springfield and Alabama are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas for which they applied. 
Effective April 1, 1997, and ending February 29, 2000, Springfield is 
designated to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified in the September 3, 1996, Federal Register. Effective March 
1, 1997, and ending February 29, 2000, Alabama is designated to provide 
official services in the geographic area specified in the September 3, 
1996, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Springfield at 217-522-5233, and Alabama at 334-415-2531.

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

    Dated: January 14, 1997
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
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