[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 1 (Friday, January 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50-51]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33829]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for Lima (OH) and the State of Virginia

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Lima Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc., and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer 
Services (Virginia) to provide official services under the United 
States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20250-3604.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, at 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 August 1, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 41335), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Lima and Virginia to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by September 2, 1997. Lima and 
Virginia, the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide 
official services in the entire area currently assigned to them.
    Since Lima and Virginia were the only applicants, 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 Lima and Virginia are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas for which they applied. 
Effective February 1, 1998, and ending January 31, 2001, Virginia is 
designated to provide official services in the geographic area 
specified in the August 1, 1997, Federal Register. Effective February 
1, 1998, and ending January 31, 1999, Lima is designated to provide 
official services in the geographic area specified in the August 1, 
1997, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Lima 
at 419-223-7866 and Virginia at 757-494-2464.

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

    Dated: December 10, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-33829 Filed 12-31-97; 8:45 am]
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