[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20072]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Fremont (NE) and Titus (IN) Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Fremont Grain Inspection 
Department, Inc. (Fremont) and Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus) to 
provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, 
as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 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, 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 March 2, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 10187), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Fremont and Titus to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by March 31, 1998. Fremont and 
Titus, the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide 
official services in the entire area currently assigned to them.
    Since Fremont and Titus 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)(1)(A) of the Act and, according to Section 
7(f)(1)(B), determined that Fremont and Titus are able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas for which they applied. 
Effective September 1, 1998, and ending August 31, 2001, Fremont and 
Titus are designated to provide official services in the geographic 
area specified in the March 2, 1998 Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Fremont at 402-721-1270 and Titus at 765-497-2202.

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

    Dated: July 17, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-20072 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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