[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10470-10471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2798]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-IN-A]


Purchase of Schneider (IN) and Amendment to the Champaign (IL) 
Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) designated Schneider Inspection Service, Inc. (Schneider), to 
provide domestic official inspection services under the United States 
Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act). Schneider's designation 
terminates June 30, 2006, therefore, GIPSA asked interested persons to 
submit an application for designation in the December 1, 2005, Federal 
Register (70 FR 72104). However, Champaign-Danville Grain Inspection 
Departments, Inc. (Champaign), a currently designated agency providing 
official inspection services, is purchasing Schneider. Subsequently, 
GIPSA is not proceeding further with the request for applications for 
designation in the Lake Village, Indiana, area, which is currently 
designated to Schneider. The designation of Champaign has been amended 
to include this geographic area.

DATES: Effective date April 1, 2006

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 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. GIPSA designated 
Schneider, headquarters in Lake Village, Indiana, to provide official 
inspection services under the Act effective July 1, 2005, and 
terminating June 30, 2006.
    Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
agencies will end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
the Act. Schneider's designation ends June 30, 2006, according to the 
Act. In the December 1, 2005, Federal Register (70 FR 72104), GIPSA 
asked persons interested in providing official services in the areas 
served by Schneider to submit an application for designation. However, 
Champaign advised GIPSA that they are purchasing Schneider. 
Accordingly, GIPSA is not proceeding further with the request for 
applications for designation published in the December 1, 2005, Federal 
Register. GIPSA is amending Champaign's designation due to the purchase 
of the formerly designated Schneider.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, will now be 
assigned to Champaign.
    In Illinois and Indiana:
    Bounded on the North by the northern Will County line from 
Interstate 57 east to the Illinois-Indiana State line; the Illinois-
Indiana State line north to the northern Lake County line; the northern 
Lake, Porter, Laporte, St. Joseph, and Elkhart County lines;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern and southern Elkhart County 
lines; the eastern Marshall County line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Marshall and Starke County 
lines; the eastern Jasper County line south-southwest to U.S. Route 24; 
U.S. Route 24 west to Indiana State Route 55; Indiana State Route 55 
south to the Newton County line; the southern Newton County line west 
to U.S. Route 41; U.S. Route 41 north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 
west to the Indiana-Illinois State line; and
    Bounded on the West by Indiana-Illinois State line north to 
Kankakee County; the southern Kankakee County line west to U.S. Route 
52; U.S. Route 52 north to Interstate 57; Interstate 57 north to the 
northern Will County line.
    Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties, Michigan:
    Champaign's assigned geographic area does not include the export 
port locations inside Schneider's former area which are serviced by 
GIPSA.
    Effective April 1, 2006, Champaign's present geographic area is 
amended to include part of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Champaign's 
current designation to provide official inspection services terminates 
March 31, 2007. Official services may be

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obtained by contacting Champaign at 217-398-0723.

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

James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-2798 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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