[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 41913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18636]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Amendment to the Designation of Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection

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

ACTION: Notice of amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA) is amending Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc.'s (Mid-Iowa) 
geographical territory to include the area previously designated to 
Central Illinois Grain Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois). Mid-Iowa 
purchased Central Illinois effective July 1, 2017, and met the 
requirements specified by regulations issued under the United States 
Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended. The designation of Mid-Iowa is 
from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2020.

DATES: July 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Lathrop, 816-891-0415 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7(f) of the USGSA (7 U.S.C. 71-87k) 
authorizes the Secretary 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 (7 U.S.C. 79(f)). Under 7 U.S.C. 79(g), designations 
of official agencies are effective for no longer than 5 years, unless 
terminated by the Secretary, and may be renewed according to the 
criteria and procedures prescribed in 7 U.S.C. 79(f).

Mid-Iowa Designation

    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Iowa, Illinois, and Minnesota, is assigned to 
this official agency.

In Iowa

    Bounded on the north by the northern Winneshiek and Allamakee 
County lines; bounded on the east by the eastern Allamakee County line; 
the eastern and southern Clayton County lines; the eastern Buchanan 
County line; the northern Jones and Jackson County lines; the eastern 
Jackson and Clinton County lines; southern Clinton County line; the 
eastern Cedar County line south to State Route 130; bounded on the 
south by State Route 130 west to State Route 38; State Route 38 south 
to Interstate 80; Interstate 80 west to U.S. Route 63; and bounded on 
the west by U.S. Route 63 north to State Route 8; State Route 8 east to 
State Route 21; State Route 21 north to D38; D38 east to V49; V49 north 
to Bremer County; the southern Bremer County line; the western Fayette 
and Winneshiek County lines.

In Illinois

Carroll and Whiteside Counties
    Bounded on the north by State Route 18 east to U.S. Route 51; U.S. 
Route 51 south to State Route 17; State Route 17 east to Livingston 
County; and the Livingston County line east to State Route 47; bounded 
on the east by State Route 47 south to State Route 116; State Route 116 
west to Pontiac, which intersects with a straight line running north 
and south through Arrowsmith to the southern McLean County line; the 
southern McLean County line east to the eastern DeWitt County line; the 
eastern DeWitt County line; the eastern Macon County line south to 
Interstate 72; Interstate 72 northeast to the eastern Piatt County 
line; the eastern Piatt, Moultrie, and Shelby County lines; bounded on 
the south by the southern Shelby County line; and a straight line 
running along the southern Montgomery County line west to State Route 
16 to a point approximately one mile northeast of Irving; and bounded 
on the west by a straight line from this point northeast to Stonington 
on State Route 48; a straight line from Stonington northwest to Elkhart 
on Interstate 55; a straight line from Elkhart northeast to the west 
side of Beason on State Route 10; State Route 10 west to the Logan 
County line; the western Logan County line; the southern Tazewell 
County line; the western Tazewell County line; the western Peoria 
County line north to Interstate 74; Interstate 74 southeast to State 
Route 116; State Route 116 north to State Route 26; and State Route 26 
north to State Route 18.

In Minnesota

Fillmore, Houston, Olmstead, Wabasha, and Winona Counties
    The following grain elevators are not part of this geographic area 
assignment and are assigned to: Champaign-Danville Grain Inspection 
Departments, Inc.: East Lincoln Farmers Grain Co., Lincoln, Logan 
County, Illinois; Okaw Cooperative, Cadwell, Moultrie County, Illinois; 
ADM (3 elevators), Farmer City, Dewitt County, Illinois; and Topflight 
Grain Company, Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois.

    Authority:  7 U.S.C. 71-87k.

Randall D. Jones,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-18636 Filed 9-1-17; 8:45 am]
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