[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67144-67146]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29555]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[03-04-A]


Opportunity for Designation in the East Indiana (IN), Fremont 
(NE), and Titus (IN) Areas, and Request for Comments on the Official 
Agencies Serving These Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The designations of the official agencies listed below will 
end in June 2004. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration (GIPSA) is asking persons interested in providing 
official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an 
application for designation. GIPSA is also asking for comments on the 
quality of services provided by these currently designated agencies: 
East Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana); Fremont Grain 
Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont); and Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Titus).

DATES: Applications and comments must be postmarked or electronically 
dated on or before January 2, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit applications and comments to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 
Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

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Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3604; Fax (202) 690-2755. If an application is 
submitted by FAX, GIPSA reserves the right to request an original 
application. All applications and comments will be made available for 
public inspection at Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., during 
regular business hours.

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.
    Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act), authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to designate a 
qualified applicant to provide official services in a specified area 
after determining that the applicant is better able than any other 
applicant to provide such official services.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act.

1. Current Designations Being Announced for Renewal

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                                                                                    Designation     Designation
                Official agency                            Main office                 start            end
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East Indiana..................................  Muncie, IN......................       9/01/2001       6/30/2004
Fremont.......................................  Fremont, NE.....................       9/01/2001       6/30/2004
Titus.........................................  West Lafayette, IN..............       9/01/2001       6/30/2004
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    a. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Indiana and Ohio, is assigned to East Indiana.
    In Indiana:

    Bounded on the North by the northern and eastern Grant County 
lines; the northern Blackford, and Jay County lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Jay, Randolph, Wayne, and 
Union County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Union and Fayette County 
lines; the eastern Rush County line south to State Route 244; State 
Route 244 west to the Rush County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Rush and Henry County lines; 
the southern Madison County line west to State Route 13; State Route 
13 north to State Route 132; State Route 132 northwest to Madison 
County; the western and northern Madison County lines; the northern 
Delaware County line; the western Blackford County line north to 
State Route 18; State Route 18 west to County Highway 900E; County 
Highway 900E north to the northern Grant County line.

    Darke County, Ohio.
    b. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Iowa and Nebraska, is assigned to Fremont.

    Carroll (west of U.S. Route 71); Clay (west of U.S. Route 71); 
Crawford; Dickinson (west of U.S. Route 71); Harrison (east of State 
Route 183); O'Brien (north of B24 and east of U.S. Route 59); 
Osceola (east of U.S. Route 59); and Shelby Counties, Iowa.

    In Nebraska:

    Bounded on the North by U.S. Route 20 east to the Pierce County 
line; the eastern Pierce County line; the northern Wayne, Cuming, 
and Burt County lines east to the Missouri River;
    Bounded on the East by the Missouri River south-southeast to 
State Route 91; State Route 91 west to the Dodge County line; the 
eastern and southern Dodge County lines west to U.S. Route 77; U.S. 
Route 77 south to the Saunders County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Saunders, Butler, and Polk 
County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Polk County line north to the 
Platte River; the Platte River northeast to the western Platte 
County line; the western and northern Platte County lines east to 
U.S. Route 81; U.S. Route 81 north to U.S. Route 20.

    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Farmers Cooperative, and Krumel Grain and Storage, both in 
Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska (located inside Omaha Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc.'s, area).
    Fremont's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Fremont's area which have been and will continue 
to be serviced by the following official agencies: Hastings Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: Huskers Cooperative Grain Company, Columbus, Platte 
County, Nebraska; and Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: United 
Farmers Coop, Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska; and United Farmers 
Coop, Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska.
    c. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Indiana, is assigned to Titus.

    Bounded on the North by the northern Pulaski County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern and southern Pulaski County 
lines; the eastern White County line; the eastern Carroll County 
line south to State Route 25; State Route 25 southwest to Tippecanoe 
County; the eastern Tippecanoe County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Tippecanoe County line; the 
eastern and southern Fountain County lines west to U.S. Route 41; 
and
    Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 41 north to the northern 
Benton County line; the northern Benton County line east to State 
Route 55; State Route 55 north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 east 
to the White County line; the western White and Pulaski County 
lines.

    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Boswell Chase Grain, Boswell, Benton County; ADM, Dunn, 
Benton County; ADM, Raub, Benton County (located inside Champaign-
Danville Grain Inspection Departments, Inc.'s, area); and The 
Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Frick Services, Inc., Leiters Ford, 
Fulton County; and Cargill, Inc., Linden, Montgomery County (located 
inside Frankfort Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    Titus' assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Titus' area which have been and will continue to 
be serviced by the following official agency: Schneider Inspection 
Service, Inc.: Cargill, Inc., and Farmers Grain, both in Winamac, 
Pulaski County.

2. Opportunity for Designation

    Interested persons, including East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus, are 
hereby given the opportunity to apply for designation to provide 
official services in the geographic areas specified above under the 
provisions of section 7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the 
regulations issued thereunder. Designation in the specified geographic 
areas is for the period beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 
2007. Persons wishing to apply for designation should contact the 
Compliance Division at the address listed above for forms and 
information, or obtain applications at

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the GIPSA Web site, http://www.usda.gov/gipsa/oversight/parovreg.htm.

3. Request for Comments

    GIPSA also is publishing this notice to provide interested persons 
the opportunity to present comments on the quality of services for the 
East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus official agencies. In commenting on 
the quality of services, commenters are encouraged to submit pertinent 
data including information on the timeliness, cost, and scope of 
services provided. All comments must be submitted to the Compliance 
Division at the above address.
    Applications, comments, and other available information will be 
considered in determining which applicant will be designated.

    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. 03-29555 Filed 11-28-03; 8:45 am]
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