[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53311-53312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25361]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the Los Angeles Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of the California Department 
of Food and Agriculture (California) to provide official services under 
the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act) in the Los 
Angeles area.

EFFECTIVE DATES: October 1, 1999.


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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 August 13, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 156), GIPSA 
announced that Los Angeles Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Los Angeles) 
asked GIPSA to cancel their designation August 27, 1999. GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
area formerly assigned to Los Angeles to submit an application for 
designation. Applications were due by September 13, 1999. California 
applied for designation to provide official services in the entire Los 
Angeles area.
    Since California was the only applicant, GIPSA did not ask for 
comments.
    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 California is able to provide official 
services in the geographic area for which they applied.
    California is designated to provide official services in the 
geographic area specified in the August 13, 1999, Federal Register, 
effective October 1, 1999, and ending January 31, 2000, concurrently 
with the end of California's present designation.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by calling 
California at 916-654-0743.

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

    Dated: September 23, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25361 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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