[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31336]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the State of Mississippi

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of the Mississippi Department 
of Agriculture and Commerce (Mississippi) to provide official services 
under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 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 June 30, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 35147), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
area assigned to Mississippi to submit an application for designation. 
Applications were due by July 30, 1997. Mississippi, the only applicant 
for the Mississippi area, applied for designation to provide official 
services in the entire area currently assigned to them.
    Since Mississippi was the only applicant for the Mississippi area, 
GIPSA did not ask for comments on the applicants.
    GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act and, according to Section 
7(f)(1)(B), determined that Mississippi is able to provide official 
services in the geographic area for which they applied. Effective 
January 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 2000, Mississippi is 
designated to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified in the June 30, 1997, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Mississippi at 601-947-4095.

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

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31336 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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