[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4635-4636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2171]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Northeast Indiana (IN) Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of Northeast Indiana Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Northeast Indiana), to provide

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 1, 1999.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, at 202-720-8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the December 21, 1998, Federal Register 
(63 FR 70386), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official 
services in the Northeast Indiana area to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by January 15, 1999. Northeast 
Indiana, the only applicant, applied for designation to provide 
official services in the entire Northeast Indiana area.
    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 Northeast Indiana is able to provide 
official services in the Northeast Indiana geographic area.
    Effective February 1, 1999, and ending January 31, 2002, Northeast 
Indiana is designated to provide official services in the geographic 
area specified in the December 21, 1998, Federal Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Northeast Indiana at 219-639-6390.

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

    Dated: January 22, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-2171 Filed 1-28-99; 8:45 am]
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