[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15456-15457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7741]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in the Minot (ND), Southern Illinois
(IL), and Tri-State (OH) Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
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 Minot Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Minot), Southern Illinois Grain Inspection Service,
Inc. (Southern Illinois), and Tri-State Grain Inspection Service, Inc.
(Tri-State), will end September 30, 1997, according to the Act. GIPSA
is asking persons interested in providing official services in the
Minot, Southern Illinois, and Tri-State areas to submit an application
for designation.
DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on
or before April 30, 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
Minot, main office located in Minot, North Dakota; Southern Illinois,
main office located in O'Fallon, Illinois; and Tri-State, main office
located in Cincinnati, Ohio, to provide official inspection services
under the Act on October 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 Minot, Southern Illinois, and Tri-State
end on September 30, 1997, according to the Act.
Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the State of North Dakota, is assigned to Minot.
Bounded on the North by the North Dakota State line east to State
Route 14;
Bounded on the East by State Route 14 south to State Route 5; State
Route 5 east to State Route 60; State Route 60 southeast to State Route
3; State Route 3 south to State Route 200;
Bounded on the South by State Route 200 west to State Route 41;
State Route 41 south to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83 northwest to State
Route 200; State Route 200 west to U.S. Route 85; U.S. Route 85 south
to Interstate 94; Interstate 94 west to the North Dakota State line;
and
Bounded on the West by the North Dakota State line.
The following grain elevators, located outside of the above
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area
assignment: Harvey Farmers Elevator, Harvey, Wells County (located
inside Grand Forks Grain Inspection Department, Inc.'s, area); and
Benson Quinn Company, Underwood, and Missouri Valley Grain Company,
Washburn, all in McLean County (located inside Grain Inspection,
Inc.'s, area).
Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the State of Illinois, is assigned to Southern Illinois.
Bounded on the East by the eastern Cumberland County line; the
eastern Jasper County line south to State Route 33; State Route 33
east-southeast to the Indiana-Illinois State line; the Indiana-Illinois
State line south to the southern Gallatin County line;
Bounded on the South by the southern Gallatin, Saline, and
Williamson County lines; the southern Jackson County line west to U.S.
Route
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51; U.S. Route 51 north to State Route 13; State Route 13 northwest to
State Route 149; State Route 149 west to State Route 3; State Route 3
northwest to State Route 51; State Route 51 south to the Mississippi
River;
Bounded on the West by the Mississippi River north to Interstate
270; Interstate 270 east to Interstate 70; Interstate 70 east to State
Route 4; State Route 4 north to Macoupin County; the southern Macoupin
County line; the eastern Macoupin County line north to a point on this
line which intersects with a straight line, from the junction of State
Route 111 and the northern Macoupin County line to the junction of
Interstate 55 and State Route 16 (in Montgomery County); and
Bounded on the North from this point southeast along the straight
line to the junction of Interstate 55 and State Route 16; State Route
16 east-northeast to a point approximately 1 mile northeast of Irving;
a straight line from this point to the northern Fayette County line;
the northern Fayette, Effingham, and Cumberland County lines.
Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio, is assigned to Tri-
State.
Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Rush (south of State
Route 244), and Switzerland Counties, Indiana.
Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken, Campbell, Clark, Fleming, Gallatin,
Grant, Harrison, Kenton, Lewis (west of State Route 59), Mason,
Montgomery, Nicholas, Owen, Pendleton, and Robertson Counties,
Kentucky.
In Ohio:
Bounded on the North by the northern Preble County line east; the
western and northern Miami County lines east to State Route 296; State
Route 296 east to State Route 560; State Route 560 south to the Clark
County line; the northern Clark County line east to U.S. Route 68;
Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 68 south to U.S. Route 22; U.S.
Route 22 east to State Route 73; State Route 73 southeast to the Adams
County line; the eastern Adams County line;
Bounded on the South by the southern Adams, Brown, Clermont, and
Hamilton County lines; and
Bounded on the West by the western Hamilton, Butler, and Preble
County lines.
Interested persons, including Minot, Southern Illinois, and Tri-
State, 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 Minot, Southern
Illinois, and Tri-State areas is for the period beginning October 1,
1997, and ending September 30, 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.)
Dated: March 12, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-7741 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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