[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 97]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32212]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Designation of the Grand Forks (ND), Lima (OH), and Virginia
Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Grand Forks Grain
Inspection Department, Inc. (Grand Forks), Lima Grain Inspection
Service, Inc. (Lima), and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services (Virginia) to provide official services under the
United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATES: February 1, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division,
GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC
20090-6454.
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 August 1, 1994, Federal Register (59 FR 38954), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic
areas assigned to Grand Forks, Lima, and Virginia to submit an
application for designation. Applications were due by August 30, 1994.
Grand Forks, Lima, and Virginia, the only applicants, each applied for
designation in the entire area they are currently assigned.
GIPSA requested comments on the applicants in the October 3, 1994
Federal Register (59 FR 50222). Comments were due by November 1, 1994.
GIPSA received no comments by the deadline.
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 Grand Forks, Lima, and Virginia are able to
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they
applied. Effective February 1, 1995, and ending January 31, 1998, Grand
Forks and Lima are designated to provide official inspection services
in the geographic areas specified in the August 1, 1994, Federal
Register. Effective February 1, 1995, and ending January 31, 1998,
Virginia is designated to provide official inspection and Class X and
Class Y weighing services in the geographic area specified in the
August 1, 1994, Federal Register.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Grand
Forks at 701-772-0151, Lima at 419-223-7866, and Virginia at 703-434-
1387.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.)
Dated: December 21, 1994
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-32212 Filed 12-30-94; 8:45 am]
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