[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46409-46410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23384]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Cairo (IL), Louisiana, and North Carolina 
Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Cairo Grain Inspection 
Agency, Inc. (Cairo), the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and 
Forestry (Louisiana), and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture 
(North Carolina) to provide official services under the United States 
Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATES: October 1, 1998, for Louisiana and North Carolina and 
November 1, 1998, for Cairo.

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 April 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 15827), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Cairo, Louisiana, and North Carolina to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by April 30, 1998. 
Cairo, Louisiana, and North Carolina, the only applicants, each applied 
for designation to provide official services in the entire area 
currently assigned to them.
    Since Cairo, Louisiana, and North Carolina 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 Cairo, Louisiana, and North Carolina are 
able to provide official services in the geographic areas

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for which they applied. Effective November 1, 1998, and ending 
September 30, 2001, Cairo is designated to provide official services in 
the geographic area specified in the April 1, 1998, Federal Register. 
Effective October 1, 1998, and ending September 30, 2001, Louisiana and 
North Carolina are designated to provide official services in the 
geographic area specified in the April 1, 1998, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Cairo 
at 618-734-0689, Louisiana at 318-487-5088, and North Carolina at 919-
733-4491.

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

    Dated: August 24, 1998.
Janet M. Hart,
Acting Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-23384 Filed 8-31-98; 8:45 am]
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