[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13875-13876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5647]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

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Designation for the Detroit (MI), Keokuk (IA), Michigan (MI), 
Champaign (IL), Eastern Iowa (IA), and Enid (OK) 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): Detroit Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Detroit); 
Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk); Michigan Grain Inspection 
Services, Inc. (Michigan); Champaign-Danville Grain Inspection 
Departments, Inc. (Champaign); Eastern Iowa Grain Inspection and 
Weighing Service, Inc. (Eastern Iowa); and Enid Grain Inspection 
Company, Inc. (Enid).
    Enid is also designated to provide Class X or Class Y weighing 
services in their geographic area.

EFFECTIVE DATES: May 1, 2001, for Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan; and 
June 1, 2001, for Champaign, Eastern Iowa, and Enid.

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, e-mail 
[email protected].

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 September 1, 2000, Federal Register (65 FR 53263), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
geographic areas assigned to the official agencies named above to 
submit an application for designation. Applications were due by October 
1, 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 September 
1, 2000, Federal Register, for which they applied. Additionally, Enid 
had asked GIPSA to amend their designation to include official weighing 
services. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act authorizes GIPSA's Administrator 
to designate authority to perform official weighing to an agency 
providing official inspection services within a specified geographic 
area, if such agency is qualified under Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. 
GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation 
criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and determined that Enid is 
qualified to provide official weighing services in their currently 
assigned geographic area.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the 
telephone numbers listed below.

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                                                     Headquarters location and
                Official agency                              telephone                 Designation start--end
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Detroit........................................  Emmett, MI, 810-395-2105.........         05/01/2001-03/31/2004
Keokuk.........................................  Keokuk, IA, 319-524-6482;                 05/01/2001-03/31/2004
                                                  Additional Service Location:
                                                  Havana, IL.
Michigan.......................................  Marshall, MI, 616-781-2711;               05/01/2001-03/31/2004
                                                  Additional Service Locations:
                                                  Carrollton, MI; Lima, OH.
Champaign......................................  Champaign, IL, 217-398-0723;              06/01/2001-03/31/2004
                                                  Additional Service Locations:
                                                  Hoopeston,IL; Terre Haute, IN.
Eastern Iowa...................................  Davenport, IA, 319-322-7140;              06/01/2001-03/31/2004
                                                  Additional Service Locations:
                                                  Dubuque, and Muscatine, IA;
                                                  Gulfport, IL.
Enid...........................................  Enid, OK, 580-233-1121;                   06/01/2001-03/31/2004
                                                  Additional Service Location:
                                                  Catoosa, OK.
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: February 20, 2001.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-5647 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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