[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13976]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designations for the Jamestown (ND), Sioux City (IA), and Tischer 
(IA), Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Jamestown), Sioux City Inspection and Weighing Service Company (Sioux 
City), and A. V. Tischer and Son, Inc. (Tischer), to provide official 
services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 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 January 2, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 91), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Jamestown, Sioux City, and Tischer to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by January 31, 1997. 
Jamestown, Sioux City, and Tischer, the only applicants, each applied 
for designation to provide official services in the entire area 
currently assigned to them.
    Since Jamestown, Sioux City, and Tischer 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 Jamestown, Sioux City, and Tischer are able 
to provide official services in the geographic areas for which they 
applied. Effective July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 2000, Sioux City 
and Tischer are designated to provide official services in the 
geographic areas specified in the January 2, 1997, Federal Register. 
Effective August 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 2000, Jamestown is 
designated to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified in the January 2, 1997, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Jamestown at 701-252-1290, Sioux City at 712-255-8073, and Tischer at 
515-955-7012.

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

    Dated: May 20, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-13976 Filed 5-30-97; 8:45 am]
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