[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14393-14394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7021]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[02-b-s]


Designation for the Oregon Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) announces the designation of Lewiston

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Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Lewiston) to provide official services 
under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 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 November 22, 2002, Federal Register (67 FR 70397), GIPSA 
announced that the Oregon Department of Agriculture was ceasing 
official inspection services, effective November 27, 2002, and asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the Oregon 
geographic area to submit an application for designation. Applications 
were due by December 23, 2002.
    Lewiston was the sole applicant for designation to provide official 
services in the area specified in the November 22, 2002 Federal 
Register. GIPSA asked for comments on Lewiston in the January 29, 2003, 
Federal Register (68 FR 4445). No comments were received by the closing 
date, February 28, 2003.
    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 Lewiston, main office in Lewiston, Idaho, 
is able to provide official services in the geographic area specified 
in the November 22, 2002, Federal Register, for which they applied, in 
addition to their currently assigned area. Interested persons may 
obtain official services by calling Lewiston at 208-746-0451.

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

    Dated: March 20, 2003.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-7021 Filed 3-24-03; 8:45 am]
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