[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44640-44641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17047]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[03-B-W]


Designation of Kankakee (IA) to Provide Class X or Class Y 
Weighing Services

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Kankakee Grain Inspection, 
Inc., (Kankakee) to provide Class X or Class Y weighing services under 
the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 2004.

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 70399), GIPSA 
announced the designation of Kankakee to provide official inspection 
services under the Act, effective January 1, 2003, and ending December 
31, 2005. Subsequently, Kankakee asked GIPSA to amend their designation 
to include official weighing services. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act 
authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to designate authority to perform 
official weighing to an agency providing official inspection services 
within a specified geographic area, if such agency is qualified under 
Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all available 
information regarding the designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of 
the Act, and determined that Kankakee is qualified to provide official 
weighing services in their currently assigned geographic area.
    Effective June 25, 2004, and terminating December 31, 2005 (the end 
of Kankakee's designation to provide

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official inspection services), Kankakee's present designation is 
amended to include Class X or Class Y weighing within their assigned 
geographic area, as specified in the June 3, 2002, Federal Register (67 
FR 38249). Official services may be obtained by contacting Kankakee at 
815-365-2268.

    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. 04-17047 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]
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