[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 27983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12852]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[03-a-s]


Designation for the Mississippi 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 Memphis Grain Inspection Service 
(Memphis) to provide official services under the United States Grain 
Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 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 January 29, 2003, Federal Register (68 FR 4445), GIPSA 
announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce 
was ceasing official inspection services, effective June 30, 2003, and 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
Mississippi geographic area to submit an application for designation. 
Applications were due by February 28, 2003. Subsequently, the 
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce officials asked 
GIPSA to move their voluntary cancellation date to May 31, 2003.
    Memphis was the sole applicant for designation to provide official 
services in the area specified in the January 29, 2003, Federal 
Register. GIPSA asked for comments on Memphis in the March 24, 2003, 
Federal Register (68 FR 14179). We received one favorable comment from 
an official agency manager by the closing date, April 23, 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 Memphis, main office in Memphis, Tennessee, 
is able to provide official services in the geographic area specified 
in the January 29, 2003, Federal Register, for which they applied, in 
addition to the areas they are already designated to serve. The 
designation is effective June 1, 2003, and ends March 31, 2006, 
concurrent with their present designation. Interested persons may 
obtain official services by calling Memphis at 901-942-3216.

    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. 03-12852 Filed 5-21-03; 8:45 am]
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