[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10187-10188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5082]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Fremont (NE) and Titus (IN) 
Areas and Request for Comments on the Fremont and Titus Agencies

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 designation of Fremont Grain 
Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont), and Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Titus), will end August 31, 1998, according to the Act. GIPSA is 
asking persons interested in providing official services in the Fremont 
and Titus areas to submit an application for designation. GIPSA is also 
asking for comments on the services provided by Fremont and Titus.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before March 31, 1998. Comments are due by May 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Applications and comments must be submitted to USDA, GIPSA, 
Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 
Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604. 
Applications and comments may be submitted by FAX on 202-690-2755. If 
an application is submitted by FAX, GIPSA reserves the right to request 
an original application. All applications and comments will be made 
available for public inspection at this address located at 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW., during regular business hours.

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.
    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 
Fremont, main office located in Fremont, Nebraska, and Titus, main 
office located in West Lafayette, Indiana, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act on September 1, 1995.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act. The designations of Fremont and Titus end on August 31, 1998, 
according to the Act.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Iowa and Nebraska, is assigned to Fremont.
    Carroll (west of U.S. Route 71); Clay (west of U.S. Route 71); 
Crawford; Dickinson (west of U. S. Route 71); Harrison (east of State 
Route 183); O'Brien (north of B24 and east of U.S. Route 59); Osceola 
(east of U.S. Route 59); and Shelby Counties, Iowa.
    In Nebraska:
    Bounded on the North by U.S. Route 20 east to the Pierce County 
line; the eastern Pierce County line; the northern Wayne, Cuming, and 
Burt County lines east to the Missouri River;
    Bounded on the East by the Missouri River south-southeast to State 
Route 91; State Route 91 west to the Dodge County line; the eastern and 
southern Dodge County lines west to U.S. Route 77; U.S. Route 77 south 
to the Saunders County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Saunders, Butler, and Polk 
County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Polk County line north to the 
Platte River; the Platte River northeast to the western Platte County 
line; the western and northern Platte County lines east to U.S. Route 
81; U.S. Route 81 north to U.S. Route 20.
    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Farmers Cooperative, and Krumel Grain and Storage, both in 
Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska (located inside Omaha Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc.'s, area).
    Fremont's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Fremont's area which have been and will continue 
to be serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Cooperative Grain 
Company, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska; and
    2. Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: Farmers Coop Business 
Association, Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska; and Farmers Coop 
Business Association (2 elevators), Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Indiana, is assigned to Titus.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Pulaski County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern and southern Pulaski County 
lines; the eastern White County line; the eastern Carroll County line 
south to State Route 25; State Route 25 southwest to Tippecanoe County; 
the eastern Tippecanoe County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Tippecanoe County line; the 
eastern and southern Fountain County lines west to U.S. Route 41; and
    Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 41 north to the northern Benton 
County line; the northern Benton County line east to State Route 55; 
State Route 55 north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 east to the White 
County line; the western White and Pulaski County lines.
    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Kentland Elevator & Supply, Inc., Boswell, Benton County; 
Dunn Grain, Dunn, Benton County; Kentland Elevator & Supply, Inc., Earl 
Park, Benton County; Demeter, Inc., Raub, Benton County (located inside 
Champaign-Danville Grain Inspection Departments, Inc.'s, area); and The 
Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Frick Services, Inc., Leiters Ford, 
Fulton County; and Cargill, Inc., Linden, Montgomery County (located 
inside Frankfort Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    Titus' assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Titus' area which have been and will continue to 
be serviced by the following official agency: Schneider Inspection 
Service, Inc.: Frick Services, Inc., and Farmers Grain, both in 
Winamac, Pulaski County.
    Interested persons, including Fremont and Titus, are hereby given 
the opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services 
in the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of Section 
7(f) of the Act and Sec. 800.196(d) of the regulations issued 
thereunder. Designation in the Fremont and Titus areas is for the 
period beginning September 1, 1998, and ending August 31, 2001. Persons 
wishing to apply for designation should contact the Compliance Division 
at the address listed above for forms and information.
    GIPSA also is publishing this notice to provide interested persons 
the opportunity to present comments on the Fremont and Titus official 
agencies. Commentors are encouraged to submit

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pertinent data concerning the Fremont and Titus official agencies 
including information concerning the timeliness, cost, quality and 
scope of services provided. All comments must be submitted to the 
Compliance Division at the above address.
    Applications, comments, and other available information will be 
considered in determining which applicant will be designated.

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

    Dated: February 23, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-5082 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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