[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27983-27984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12851]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[02-04-S]


Designation for the Kansas (KS), Minot (ND), and Cincinnati (OH) 
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): Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Kansas); Minot 
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Minot); and Tri-State Grain Inspection Service, 
Inc. (Tri-State).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 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 
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 January 
2, 2003.
    Kansas, Minot, and Tri-State 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)(l)(A) of the Act and, according to Section 
7(f)(l)(B), determined that Kansas, Minot, and Tri-State are able to 
provide official services in the geographic areas specified in the 
November 22, 2002, Federal Register, for which they applied. Interested 
persons may obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers 
listed below.

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                                  Headquarters location and
       Official agency                    telephone                           Designation start-end
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Kansas......................  Topeka, KS 785-233-7063.........  07/01/2003-06/30/2006.
                              Additional Service Locations:
                               Colby, Concordia, Cummings,
                               Dodge City, Hutchinson, Kansas
                               City, Salina, and Wichita, KS;
                               Commerce City and Haxtun, CO;
                               and Sidney, NE..
Minot.......................  Minot, ND 701-838-1734..........  07/01/2003-06/30/2006.
Tri-State...................  Cincinnnati, OH 513-251-6571....  07/01/2003-03/30/2006.
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: May 19, 2003.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-12851 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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