[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96-97]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32211]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Opportunity to Comment on the Applicants for the Detroit (MI),
Jinks (IL), Keokuk (IA), and Michigan (MI) Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to
provide official services in the geographic areas currently assigned to
Detroit Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Detroit), Jinks Grain Weighing
Service (Jinks), Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk), and Michigan
Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan).
[[Page 97]] DATES: Comments must be postmarked, or sent by telecopier
(FAX) or electronic mail by January 31, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to Janet M. Hart,
Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South
Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454. SprintMail users
may respond to [A:ATTMAIL,O:USDA,ID:A36JHART]. ATTMAIL and FTS2000MAIL
users may respond to !A36JHART. Telecopier (FAX) users may send
comments to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-720-1015,
attention: Janet M. Hart. All comments received will be made available
for public inspection at the above address located at 1400 Independence
Avenue, S.W., during regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, telephone 202-720-8525.
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 October 31, 1994, Federal Register (59 FR 54427, 54428),
GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the
geographic areas assigned to Detroit, Jinks, Keokuk, and Michigan to
submit an application for designation. There were four applicants.
Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan, each applied for designation to provide
official inspection services in the entire area currently assigned to
them. Jinks applied for designation to provide official Class X and
Class Y weighing services in the entire area currently assigned to
them. Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc., applied for the portion of
Keokuk's area that includes all of Mason County and the part of Fulton
County South of State Route 24.
GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or
objection to the designation of these applicants. All comments must be
submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address. Comments and
other available information will be considered in making a final
decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final decision in the
Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicants written
notification of the decision.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.)
Dated: December 22, 1994.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliane Division.
[FR Doc. 94-32211 Filed 12-30-94; 8:45 am]
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