[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 26 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6511-6512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2764]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Cancellation of New York's Designation

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

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 New York State Department of 
Agriculture (New York) is designated to provide official inspection 
services until October 31, 1999, according to the Act. New York asked 
GIPSA to cancel its designation effective April 1, 1998. Accordingly, 
GIPSA is announcing that NewYork's designation is being canceled 
effective April 1, 1998.

DATES: April 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Neil E. Porter, Director, Compliance Division, 
AG Code 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-
3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil E. Porter, telephone 202-720-
8262.

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 
New York, main office in Albany, New York, to provide official 
inspection

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services under the Act on November 1, 1996.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies will end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act. The designation of New York ends on October 31, 1999, 
according to the Act. However, New York advised GIPSA that they wanted 
to cancel their designation. GIPSA has determined that there is not a 
sufficient need for official services to require a replacement agency.
    Accordingly, GIPSA is canceling New York's designation effective 
April 1, 1998. Any firms in New York that require official service 
after April 1, 1998, should contact GIPSA's Baltimore Field Office at 
410-590-2259

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

    Dated: January 29, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2764 Filed 2-6-98; 8:45 am]
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