[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9972-9973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4873]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[02-03-S]


Designation for the Jamestown (ND), Lincoln (NE), Memphis (TN), 
Omaha (NE), Sioux City (IA), and Tischer (IA) 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): Grain Inspection, Inc. (Jamestown); Lincoln Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Lincoln); Memphis Grain Inspection Service (Memphis); 
Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha); Sioux City Inspection and 
Weighing Service Company (Sioux City); and A. V. Tischer and Son, Inc. 
(Tischer).

EFFECTIVE DATES: April 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

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Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.
    In the September 3, 2002, Federal Register (67 FR 56264), 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, 2002.
    Jamestown, Lincoln, Memphis, Omaha, Sioux City, and Tischer 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.
    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 Jamestown, Lincoln, Memphis, Omaha, Sioux 
City, and Tischer are able to provide official services in the 
geographic areas specified in the September 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     Designation start-end
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Jamestown....................................  Jamestown, ND, 701-252-1290.........        04/01/2003-03/31/2006
Lincoln......................................  Lincoln, NE, 402-435-4386...........        04/01/2003-03/31/2006
Memphis......................................  Memphis, TN, 901-942-3216,                  04/01/2003-03/31/2006
                                                Additional Service Location: North
                                                Little Rock, AR.
Omaha........................................  Omaha, NE, 402-341-6739.............        04/01/2003-03/31/2006
Sioux City...................................  Sioux City, IA, 712-255-8073........        04/01/2003-03/31/2006
Tischer......................................  Fort Dodge, 515-955-7012............        04/01/2003-03/31/2006
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-4873 Filed 2-28-03; 8:45 am]
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