[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67246-67247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31086]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designation for the California, Kankakee (IL), Washington, 
Alabama, and Springfield (IL) 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):

California Department of Food and Agriculture (California);
Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee);
Washington Department of Agriculture (Washington);
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama); and
Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield).

EFFECTIVE DATES: February 1, 2000, for California, Kankakee and 
Washington, and March 1, 2000, for Alabama and Springfield.

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 
Departmental Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and 
Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
    In the July 1, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 35586), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to California, Kankakee, Washington, Alabama, and 
Springfield to submit an application for designation. Applications were 
due by July 30, 1999. California, Kankakee, Washington, Alabama, and 
Springfield, the only applicants, each applied for designation to 
provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to 
them. Since

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California, Kankakee, Washington, Alabama, and Springfield were the 
only applicants, GIPSA did not ask for comments on the applicants.
    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 California, Kankakee, Washington, Alabama, 
and Springfield 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 the April 1, 1999, 
Federal Register.

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                                                                    Designation     Designation
                         Official agency                               start            end          Telephone
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California......................................................      02/01/2000      12/31/2002    916-654-0743
Kankakee........................................................      02/01/2000      12/31/2002    815-365-2268
Washington......................................................      02/01/2000      12/31/2002    360-902-1921
Alabama.........................................................      03/01/2000      12/31/2002    334-415-2531
Springfield.....................................................      03/01/2000      12/31/2002    217-522-5233
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    California's geographic area specified in the July 1, 1999, Federal 
Register was amended by the August 13, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 
44196), to include the geographic area formerly assigned to Los Angeles 
Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Los Angeles). GIPSA canceled Los 
Angeles' designation on August 27, 1999, according to their request.
    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: November 19, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-31086 Filed 11-30-99; 8:45 am]
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