[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 173 (Thursday, September 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52760-52761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14816]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

[06-01-S]


Designation for the Pocatello (ID), Lewiston (ID), Evansville 
(IN), and Utah 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): Idaho Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Idaho); Lewiston 
Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Lewiston); Ohio Valley Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Ohio Valley); and Utah Department of Agriculture and 
Food (Utah).

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2006.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief, 
Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This action has been reviewed and

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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.
    Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio Valley, and Utah 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 Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio Valley, and Utah 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 October 
1, 2006 and terminate September 30, 2009, for Idaho, Lewiston, Ohio 
Valley, and Utah. 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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Idaho..........................................  Pocatello, ID; 208-233-8303...........        10/01/06-09/30/09
Lewiston.......................................  Lewiston, ID; 208-746-0451............        10/01/06-09/30/09
Ohio Valley....................................  Evansville, IN; 812-423-9010..........        10/01/06-09/30/09
                                                 Additional Location: Hopkinsville, KY.
Utah...........................................  Salt Lake City, UT; 801-392-2292......        10/01/06-09/30/09
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-14816 Filed 9-6-06; 8:45 am]
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