[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4681]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[99-04-s]


Designation for the Lincoln (NE), Memphis (TN), Omaha (NE), 
Jamestown (ND), Sioux City (IA), and Fort Dodge (IA) Areas

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

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):

Lincoln Inspection Service, Inc. (Lincoln);
Memphis Grain Inspection Service (Memphis);
Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha);
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Jamestown);
Sioux City Inspection and Weighing Service Company (Sioux City); and
A. V. Tischer and Son, Inc. (Tischer).


EFFECTIVE DATES: May 1, 2000, for Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha; July 1, 
2000, for Jamestown, Sioux City, and Tischer.

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 October 1, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 53312), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Lincoln, Memphis, Omaha, Jamestown, Sioux City, and 
Tischer to submit an application for designation. Applications were due 
by October 30, 1999. Lincoln, Memphis, Omaha, Jamestown, Sioux City, 
and Tischer, the only applicants, each applied for designation to 
provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to 
them. Since these official agencies were the sole applicants, GIPSA did 
not ask for comments on the applicants.
    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 Lincoln, Memphis, Omaha, Jamestown, Sioux 
City, and Tischer 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 October 1, 1999, 
Federal Register.

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                                                                    Designation     Designation
                         Official agency                               start            end          Telephone
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Lincoln.........................................................      05/01/2000      03/31/2003    402-435-4386
Memphis.........................................................      05/01/2000      03/31/2003    901-942-3216
Omaha...........................................................      05/01/2000      03/31/2003    402-341-6739
Jamestown.......................................................      07/01/2000      03/31/2003    701-252-1290
Sioux City......................................................      07/01/2000      03/31/2003    712-255-8073
Tischer.........................................................      07/01/2000      03/31/2003    515-955-7012
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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: February 4, 2000.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 00-4681 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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