[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16959-16960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8988]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation of Schaal (IA) to provide Class X or Class Y Weighing 
Services

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc. 
(Schaal), to provide Class X or Class Y weighing services under the 
United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), in the Schaal 
geographic area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 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 November 2, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 55697), GIPSA 
announced the designation of Schaal to provide official inspection 
services under the Act, effective January 1, 1995, and ending November 
30, 1998. Subsequently, Schaal asked GIPSA to amend their designation 
to include official weighing services. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act 
authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to designate authority to

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perform official weighing to an agency providing official inspection 
services within a specified geographic area, if such agency is 
qualified under section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all 
available information regarding the designation criteria in Section 
7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and determined that Schaal is qualified to 
provide official weighing services in their currently assigned 
geographic area.
    Effective April 1, 1998, and terminating November 30, 1998 (the end 
of Schaal's designation to provide official inspection services), 
Schaal's present designation is amended to include Class X or Class Y 
weighing within their assigned geographic area, as specified in the 
June 1, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 28570). Official services may be 
obtained by contacting Schaal at 515-444-3122.

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

    Dated: March 30, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-8988 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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