[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29758]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[02-02-S]


Designation for the Alabama, California, Kankakee (IL), 
Springfield (IL), and Washington Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) announces designation of the following organizations to provide 
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act):

Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama);
California Department of Food and Agriculture (California);
Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee);
Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield); and
Washington Department of Agriculture. (Washington).

EFFECTIVE DATES: January 1, 2003.

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 June 3, 2002, Federal Register (67 FR 38249), 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 July 1, 2002.
    Alabama, California, Kankakee, and Washington were the sole 
applicants for designation to provide official services in the entire 
area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional 
comments on them. There were two applicants for the Springfield area: 
Springfield applied for all of the area currently assigned to them, and 
Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk), a designated official agency, 
applied for Cass and Schuyler Counties. GIPSA asked for comments on the 
applicants for service in the September 3, 2002, Federal Register (67 
FR 13599). Comments were due by October 1, 2002. GIPSA received no 
comments by the due date.
    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 Alabama, California, Kankakee, Springfield, 
and Washington are able to provide official services in the geographic 
areas specified in the June 3, 2002, 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                  end
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Alabama...............................  Montgomery, AL, Additional Service Locations:       01/01/2003-
                                         Decatur, Mobile, AL, 334-415-2531.                 12/31/2005
California............................  Sacramento, CA, Additional Service Locations:       01/01/2003-
                                         Bell, Corcoran, Imperial, Stockton, West           12/31/2005
                                         Sacramento, Williams, CA, 916-654-0743.
Kankakee..............................  Essex, IL, Additional Service Location: Tiskilwa,   01/01/2003-
                                         IL, 815-365-2268.                                  12/31/2005
Springfield...........................  Springfield, IL, 217-522-5278.....................  01/01/2003-
                                                                                            12/31/2005
Washington............................  Olympia, WA, Additional Service Locations: Colfax,  01/01/2003-
                                         Kalama, Pacso, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma,           12/31/2005
                                         Tumwater, Vancouver, WA, 360-902-1921.
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: November 13, 2002.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-29758 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]
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