[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 190 (Thursday, October 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52680-52681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26093]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation Amendment for Michigan To Provide Official Services 
in the Lima (OH) Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The designation of Michigan Grain Inspection Services, Inc., 
(Michigan), has been amended to include the former Lima Ohio area.

DATE: Effective on September 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, 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 April 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 15827), GIPSA 
announced the designation of Michigan to provide official inspection 
services under the Act, effective May 1, 1998, and ending April 30, 
2001. In July 1998, Michigan asked GIPSA to amend their geographic area 
to include the former Lima, Ohio, area, due to the purchase of the 
designated corporation, Lima Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Lima).
    In the July 16, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 38367), GIPSA 
announced the purchase of the Lima agency by Michigan, effective August 
1, 1998. GIPSA also announced the amendment of Michigan's designation 
to provide official inspection services under the Act, to include the 
former Lima, Ohio, area, effective August 1, 1998. Lima voluntarily 
canceled their designation effective July 31, 1998. Michigan 
subsequently advised GIPSA that the purchase of the Lima agency would 
not be completed. GIPSA, in the August 28, 1998, Federal Register (63 
FR 45995), announced that the sale will not be completed, withdrew the 
amendment as published in the July 16, 1998, Federal Register, and 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the former 
Lima, Ohio, area to submit an application for designation
    Michigan subsequently completed the purchase of the Lima agency on 
September 18, 1998. Accordingly, GIPSA is withdrawing its request for 
applications from persons interested in providing services in the 
former Lima, Ohio, area as published in the August 28, 1998, Federal 
Register. GIPSA is announcing the designation of Michigan to provide 
official inspection services under the Act, in the former Lima, Ohio, 
area effective September 18, 1998, and ending April 30, 2001, 
concurrently with the end of Michigan's current designation.
    Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to 
designate an agency to perform official 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 Michigan is qualified. GIPSA is announcing the change in 
Michigan's assigned geographic area, and that Michigan is the 
officially designated service provider in the area of Ohio formerly 
assigned to Lima. The Michigan geographic area, in the States of 
Michigan and Ohio is:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Michigan State line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Michigan State line south and 
east to State Route 53; State Route 53 south to State Route 46; State 
Route 46 west to Sheridan Road; Sheridan Road south to Barnes Road; 
Barnes Road west to State Route 15; State Route 15 south to the Genesee 
County line; the northern Genesee County line west to the Shiawassee 
County line; the northern Shiawassee County line west to State Route 
52; State Route 52 south to State Route 21; State Route 21 west to 
Clinton County; the eastern and northern Clinton County lines west to 
U.S. Route 27; U.S. Route 27 south to U.S. Route 127; U.S. Route 127 
south to the Michigan-Ohio State line. In Ohio, the northern State line 
west to the Williams County line; the eastern Williams County line 
south to the Defiance County line; the northern and eastern Defiance 
County lines south to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 northeast to State 
Route 108; State Route 108 south to Putnam County; the northern and 
eastern Putnam County lines; the eastern Allen County line; the 
northern Hardin County line east to U.S. Route 68; U.S. Route 68 south 
to U.S. Route 47;
    Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 47 west-southwest to Interstate 
75 (excluding all of Sidney, Ohio); Interstate 75 south to the Shelby 
County line; the southern and western Shelby County lines; the southern 
Mercer County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the Ohio-Indiana State line from the 
southern Mercer County line to the northern Williams County line; in 
Michigan, by the southern Michigan State line west to the Branch County 
line; the western Branch County line north to the Kalamazoo County 
line; the southern Kalamazoo and Van Buren County lines west to the 
Michigan State line; the western Michigan State line north to the 
northern Michigan State line.
    Michigan's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Michigan's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agencies:
    1. Detroit Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: St. Johns Coop., St. 
Johns, Clinton County, Michigan.
    2. Northeast Indiana Grain Inspection: E.M. P. Grain, Payne, 
Paulding County, Ohio.
    Effective September 18, 1998, Michigan's present geographic area is 
amended to include part of Ohio. Michigan's designation to provide 
official inspection services terminates April 30, 2001. Official 
services may be

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obtained by contacting Michigan at 616-781-2711.

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

    Dated: September 23, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-26093 Filed 9-30-98; 8:45 am]
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