[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 96]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-32213]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in the Enid (OK) Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act),
provides that official agency designations shall end not later than
triennially and may be renewed. The designation of Enid Grain
Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid), will end June 30, 1995, according to
the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official
services in the Enid area to submit an application for designation.
DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on
or before January 31, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Janet M. Hart, Chief,
Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South
Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454. Telecopier (FAX)
users may send applications to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-
720-1015, attention: Janet M. Hart. If an application is submitted by
telecopier, GIPSA reserves the right to request an original
application. All applications will be made available for public
inspection at this 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.
Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes GIPSA' Administrator 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.
GIPSA designated Enid, main office located in Enid, Oklahoma, to
provide official inspection services under the Act on July 1, 1992.
Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official
agencies shall end no later than triennially and may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of
the Act. The designation of Enid end on June 30, 1995.
The geographic area presently assigned to Enid, pursuant to Section
7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant selected
for designation is as follows: Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan,
Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche,
Cotton, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Garfield, Garvin, Grady,
Grant, Greer, Harmon, Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston,
Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, Logan, Love,
McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Major, Marshall, Mayes, Murray, Muskogee,
Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee,
Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole,
Sequoyah, Stephens, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Washita,
Woods, and Woodward Counties, Oklahoma.
Interested persons, including Enid, are hereby given the
opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services in
the geographic area specified above under the provisions of Section
7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the regulations issued
thereunder. Designation in the Enid area is for the period beginning
July 1, 1995, and ending no later than June 30, 1998. Persons wishing
to apply for designation should contact the Compliance Division at the
address listed above for forms and information.
Applications and other available information will be considered in
determining which applicant will be designated.
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. 94-32213 Filed 12-30-94; 8:45 am]
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