[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 31152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8485]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-01-S]


Designation for the Topeka (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, 2006.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, John R. Sharpe, Division Director, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20250-3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John R. Sharpe at 202-720-8262, 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 March 1, 2006 Federal Register (71 FR 10471), 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 March 31, 2006.
    Kansas, Minot, and Tri-State were the sole applicants for 
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently 
assigned to them, therefore, 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 
March 1, 2006, Federal Register, for which they applied. These 
designation actions to provide official services are effective July 1, 
2006, and terminate June 30, 2009, for Kansas, Minot, and Tri-State. 
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the 
telephone numbers listed below.

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                Official agency                    Headquarters location and telephone      Designation  term
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Kansas.........................................  Topeka, KS; 785-233-7063. Additional          07/01/06-06/30/09
                                                  locations: Sydney, NE, Commerce City,
                                                  CO, and Haxtun, CO.
Minot..........................................  Minot, ND; 701-838-1734...............        07/01/06-06/30/09
Tri-State......................................  Cincinnati, OH; 513-251-6571..........        07/01/06-06/30/09
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    Authority: Public Law 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. E6-8485 Filed 5-31-06; 8:45 am]
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