[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. 
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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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