[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13598-13599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7024]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[01-04-S1]


Designation for the Central Iowa (IA) Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of Central Iowa Grain Inspection 
Corporation to provide official services under the United States Grain 
Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 2002.

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;

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therefore, the Executive Order and Departmental Regulation do not apply 
to this action.
    In the December 4, 2001, Federal Register (66 FR 63015), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
geographic area assigned to Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, 
Inc., to submit an application for designation. Applications were due 
by January 2, 2002.
    There were two applicants for the Central Iowa area: Central Iowa 
Grain Inspection Service, Inc., and Kevin D. Bredthauer and Sandra M. 
Bredthauer, of Des Moines, Iowa, proposing to do business as Central 
Iowa Grain Inspection Corporation. Both applied for the entire 
geographic area currently assigned to Central Iowa Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc., is a 
designated official agency. GIPSA asked for comments on the applicants 
for providing service in the Central Iowa area in the January 28, 2002, 
Federal Register (67 FR 3875). Comments were due by February 28, 2002. 
GIPSA received no comments by the due date. Central Iowa Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc., subsequently withdrew their application and 
asked for voluntary cancellation of their designation, effective March 
31, 2002.
    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, effective April 1, 2002, and ending March 
31, 2005, Central Iowa Grain Inspection Corporation is able to provide 
official services in the geographic areas specified in the December 4, 
2001, Federal Register, for which they applied. Interested persons may 
obtain official services by calling Central Iowa Grain Inspection 
Corporation at 515-266-1101.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: March 8, 2002.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-7024 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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