[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 106 (Friday, June 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13585]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

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Designation for the East Indiana (IN), Fremont (NE), and Titus 
(IN) 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):

East Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana);
Fremont Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont); and
Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus).

EFFECTIVE DATES: September 1, 2001.

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 December 1, 2000, Federal Register (65 FR 75237), 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 
December 31, 2000.
    East Indiana and Titus were the sole applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to 
them, so GIPSA did not ask for comments on them. 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 offiical services in all or part of the Fremont geographical 
area. GIPSA asked for comments on the applicants for providing service 
in the Fremont area in the March 8, 2001, Federal Register (66 FR 
13873). Comments were due by March 31, 2001. GIPSA received no comments 
by the deadline.
    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 East Indiana and Titus are able, and 
Fremont is better able, to provide official services in the geographic 
areas specified in the September 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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                Official agency                  Headquarters location and telephone     Designation start-end
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East Indiana..................................  Muncie, IN: 765-289-1206.............  09/01/2001-06/30/2004
Fremont.......................................  Fremont, NE: 402-721-1270............  09/01/2001-06/30/2004
                                                Additional Service Location: Denison,
                                                 IA.
Titus.........................................  West Lafayette, IN: 765-497-2202.....  09/01/2001-06/30/2004
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: May 4, 2001.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-13585 Filed 5-31-01; 8:45 am]
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