[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63514-63515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31334]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the State of Minnesota
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of the Minnesota Department of
Agriculture (Minnesota) to provide official services under the United
States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC
20250-3604.
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 June 30, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 35147), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic
area assigned to
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Minnesota to submit an application for designation. Applications were
due by July 30, 1997. There were three applicants for the Minnesota
area: Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc., applied for designation to
provide official services in the Minnesota counties of Filmore,
Houston, and Winona; Minnesota applied for designation to provide
official services in the entire Minnesota area; and Sioux City
Inspection and Weighing Service Company, applied for designation to
provide official services in the Minnesota counties of Murray, Nobles,
Pipestone, and Rock.
GIPSA requested comments on the applicants for the Minnesota area
in the September 2, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 46245). Comments were
due by October 1, 1997. 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 Minnesota is better able to provide
official services in the Minnesota area.
Effective January 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 2000, Minnesota
is designated to provide official services in the geographic area
specified in the June 30, 1997, Federal Register.
Interested persons may obtain services by contacting Minnesota at
612-341-7190.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: November 21, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31334 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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