[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7742]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Designations for the Lincoln (NE), Memphis (TN), and Omaha (NE), 
Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Lincoln Inspection Service, 
Inc. (Lincoln), Memphis Grain Inspection Service (Memphis), and Omaha 
Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha), to provide official services 
under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 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 October 22, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 54760), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
geographic areas assigned to Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by December 2, 1996. 
Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha, the only applicants, each applied for 
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently 
assigned to them.
    Since Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha 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 Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha are able to 
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they 
applied. Effective May 1, 1997, and ending April 30, 2000, Lincoln and 
Omaha are designated to provide official services in the geographic 
areas specified in the October 22, 1996, Federal Register. Effective 
June 1, 1997, and ending April 30, 2000, Memphis is designated to 
provide official services in the geographic area specified in the 
October 22, 1996, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Lincoln at 402-435-4386, Memphis at 901-942-3216, and Omaha at 402-341-
6739.

    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. 97-7742 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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