[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13873-13874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5648]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

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Opportunity to Comment on the Applicants for the Fremont (NE) 
Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the geographic areas assigned to Fremont 
Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont).

DATES: Comments must be postmarked, or sent by telecopier (FAX) by 
March 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA, Janet 
M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 
1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue,

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SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604. Telecopier (FAX) users may send 
comments to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-690-2755, 
attention: Janet M. Hart. All comments received will be made available 
for public inspection at the above address at 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., during regular business hours.

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 December 1, 2000, Federal Register (65 FR 175237), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the Fremont 
area to submit an application for designation. There were two 
applicants for the Fremont area: Fremont and Sioux City Inspection and 
Weighing Service Company (Sioux City). Fremont applied for designation 
to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to 
them. Sioux City, a designated official grain inspection agency 
operating in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, applied for designation 
to provide official services in all or part of the Fremont geographical 
area.
    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or 
objection to the designation of the applicants. All comments must be 
submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address. Comments and 
other available information will be considered in making a final 
decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final decision in the 
Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicants written 
notification of the decision.

    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. 01-5648 Filed 3-7-01; 8:45 am]
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