[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29259-29260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13588]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designations for the Georgia, Schneider (IN), Central Iowa (IA), 
Montana, Mid-Iowa (IA), and Oregon Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of the following organizations to 
provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, 
as amended (Act):

Georgia Department of Agriculture (Georgia);
Schneider Inspection Service, Inc. (Schneider);
Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Central Iowa);
Montana Department of Agriculture (Montana);
Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa); and
Oregon Department of Agriculture (Oregon).

EFFECTIVE DATES: August 1, 1999, for Georgia and Schneider, September 
1, 1999, for Central Iowa and Montana,

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and October 19, 1999, for Mid-Iowa and Oregon.

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: This action has been reviewed and determined 
not to be a rule or regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and 
Department Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and 
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
    In the January 4, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 73), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, Mid-Iowa, 
and Oregon to submit an application for designation. Applications were 
due by February 2, 1999. Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, 
Mid-Iowa, and Oregon, the only applicants, each applied for designation 
to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to 
them.
    Since Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, Mid-Iowa, and 
Oregon 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 Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, 
Mid-Iowa, and Oregon are able to provide official services in the 
geographic areas for which they applied.
    The following organizations are designated to provide official 
services in the geographic areas specified in January 4, 1999, Federal 
Register.

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                                                                   Designation     Designation
                        Official agency                               start            end          Telephone
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Georgia........................................................      08/01/1999      06/30/2002     912-386-3130
Schneider......................................................      08/01/1999      06/30/2002     219-992-2306
Central Iowa...................................................      09/01/1999      06/30/2002     515-266-1101
Montana........................................................      09/01/1999      06/30/2002     406-452-9561
Mid-Iowa.......................................................      10/01/1999      06/30/2002     319-363-0239
Oregon.........................................................      10/01/1999      06/30/2002     541-276-0939
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    Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the 
telephone numbers listed above.

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

    Dated: May 17, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-13588 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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