[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53311-53312]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25361]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Los Angeles Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of the California Department
of Food and Agriculture (California) to provide official services under
the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act) in the Los
Angeles area.
EFFECTIVE DATES: October 1, 1999.
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ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, DC 20250-3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, at 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 13, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 156), GIPSA
announced that Los Angeles Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Los Angeles)
asked GIPSA to cancel their designation August 27, 1999. GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic
area formerly assigned to Los Angeles to submit an application for
designation. Applications were due by September 13, 1999. California
applied for designation to provide official services in the entire Los
Angeles area.
Since California was the only applicant, GIPSA did not ask for
comments.
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 California is able to provide official
services in the geographic area for which they applied.
California is designated to provide official services in the
geographic area specified in the August 13, 1999, Federal Register,
effective October 1, 1999, and ending January 31, 2000, concurrently
with the end of California's present designation.
Interested persons may obtain official services by calling
California at 916-654-0743.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: September 23, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-25361 Filed 9-30-99; 8:45 am]
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