[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9412-9413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4934]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the Denver (CO) and East Indiana 
(IN) Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 
provides that official agency designations will end not later than 
triennially and may be renewed. The designations of Denver Grain 
Inspection (Denver) and East Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (East 
Indiana), will end August 31, 1997, according to the Act. GIPSA is 
asking persons interested in providing official services in the Denver 
and East Indiana areas to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before April 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 
Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 1400 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-3604. Applications may 
be submitted by FAX on 202-690-2755. If an application is submitted by 
FAX, 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 
Denver, main office located in Commerce City, Colorado, and East 
Indiana, main office located in Muncie, Indiana, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act on September 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 designations of Denver and East Indiana end on August 31, 
1997.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, is assigned to 
Denver.
    The entire State of Colorado.
    In Nebraska:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Scotts Bluff County line; the 
northern Morrill County line east to Highway 385;
    Bounded on the East by Highway 385 south to the northern Cheyenne 
County line; the northern and eastern Cheyenne County lines; the 
northern and eastern Deuel County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Deuel, Cheyenne, and Kimball 
County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Kimball, Banner, and Scotts 
Bluff County lines.
    Goshen, Laramie, and Platte Counties, Wyoming.
    Denver's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Denver's area which have been and will continue 
to be serviced by the following official agency: Hastings Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop, and Big Springs Elevator, both in Big 
Springs, Deuel County, Nebraska.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Indiana and Ohio, is assigned to East Indiana.
    In Indiana:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Lagrange and Steuben County 
lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Steuben, De Kalb, Allen, Adams, 
Jay, Randolph, Wayne, and Union County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Union and Fayette County 
lines; the eastern Rush County line south to State Route 244; State 
Route 244 west to the Rush County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Rush and Henry County lines; the 
southern Madison County line west to State Route 13; State Route 13 
north to State Route 132; State Route 132 northwest to Madison County; 
the western and northern Madison County lines; the northern Delaware 
County line; the western Blackford County line north to State Route 18; 
State Route 18 west to County Highway 900E; County Highway 900E north 
to Huntington County; the southern Huntington and Wabash County lines; 
the western Wabash County line north to State Route 114; State Route 
114 northwest to State Route 19; State Route 19 north to Kosciusko 
County; the western and northern Kosciusko County lines; the western 
Noble and Lagrange County lines.
    Darke County, Ohio.
    The following grain elevator, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, is part of this geographic area assignment: 
Payne Cooperative Association, Payne, Paulding County, Ohio (located 
inside Lima Grain Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area).
    Interested persons, including Denver and East Indiana, 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 Denver and East Indiana 
geographic areas is for the period beginning September 1, 1997, and 
ending August 31, 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.)


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    Dated: February 14, 1997
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 97-4934 Filed 2-28-97; 8:45 am]
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