[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15827-15828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8441]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Detroit (MI), Keokuk (IA), and Michigan (MI) 
Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Detroit Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Detroit), Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk), and 
Michigan Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan), to provide 
official services

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under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATES: May 1, 1998.

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

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 November 3, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 59341), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
geographic areas assigned to Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by December 2, 1997. 
Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan, the only applicants, each applied for 
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently 
assigned to them.
    Since Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan were the only applicants, GIPSA 
did not ask for comments on them.
    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 Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan are able to 
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they 
applied. Effective May 1, 1998, and ending April 30, 2001, Detroit, 
Keokuk, and Michigan are designated to provide official services in the 
geographic area specified in the November 3, 1997, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Detroit at 810-395-2105, Keokuk at 319-524-6482, and Michigan at 616-
781-2711.

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

    Dated: March 18, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-8441 Filed 3-31-98; 8:45 am]
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