[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53262-53263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22262]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

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Designation for the Ohio Valley (IN), Idaho (ID), Lewiston (ID), 
Utah, and Mississippi 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): Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc. (Ohio Valley); 
Idaho Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Idaho); Lewiston Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Lewiston); Utah Department of Agriculture (Utah); and 
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (Mississippi).

EFFECTIVE DATES: November 1, 2000, for Ohio Valley; December 1, 2000, 
for Idaho, Lewiston, and Utah; and January 1, 2001 for Mississippi.

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 March 1, 2000, Federal Register (65 FR 11036), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Ohio Valley, Idaho, Lewiston, Utah, and Mississippi 
to submit an application for designation. Applications were due by 
March 30, 2000. Each was the sole applicant for designation to provide 
official services in the entire area currently assigned to them, so 
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 each official agency is able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas, specified in the March 1, 
2000, Federal Register, for which they applied. Interested persons may 
obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers listed below.

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                                                                    Designation     Designation
                         Official agency                               start            end          Telephone
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Ohio Valley.....................................................      11/01/2000      09/30/2003    812-423-9010
Idaho...........................................................      12/01/2000      09/30/2003    208-233-8303
Lewiston........................................................      12/01/2000      09/30/2003    208-746-0451
Utah............................................................      12/01/2000      09/30/2003    801-392-2292
Mississippi.....................................................      01/01/2001      09/30/2003    601-947-4095
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: August 21, 2000.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22262 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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