94-2125. Request for Applications from Persons Interested in Designation to Provide Official Services in the Geographic Area Presently Assigned to the Jamestown (ND) Agency  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
     
    
    Request for Applications from Persons Interested in Designation 
    to Provide Official Services in the Geographic Area Presently Assigned 
    to the Jamestown (ND) Agency
    
    AGENCY: Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS).
    
    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 Grain Inspection, 
    Inc. (Jamestown), will end July 31, 1994, according to the Act, and 
    FGIS is asking persons interested in providing official services in the 
    specified geographic area to submit an application for designation.
    
    DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
    or before March 2, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Neil E. Porter, Director, 
    Compliance Division, FGIS, 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: Neil E. Porter. If an application is submitted by 
    telecopier, FGIS reserves the right to request an original application. 
    All applications will be made available for public inspection during 
    regular business hours at this address located at 1400 Independence 
    Avenue, S.W.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil E. Porter, telephone 202-720-
    8262.
    
    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 FGIS' 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.
        FGIS designated Jamestown, main office located in Jamestown, North 
    Dakota, to provide official inspection services under the Act on August 
    1, 1991.
        Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
    agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
    according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
    the Act. The designation of Jamestown ends on July 31, 1994. The 
    geographic area presently assigned to Jamestown, in the State of North 
    Dakota, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned 
    to the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
        Bounded on the North by Interstate 94 east to U.S. Route 85; U.S. 
    Route 85 north to State Route 200; State Route 200 east to U.S. Route 
    83; U.S. Route 83 southeast to State Route 41; State Route 41 north to 
    State Route 200; State Route 200 east to State Route 3; State Route 3 
    north to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52 southeast to State Route 15; 
    State Route 15 east to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 south to Foster 
    County; the northern Foster County line; the northern Griggs County 
    line east to State Route 32;
        Bounded on the East by State Route 32 south to State Route 45; 
    State Route 45 south to State Route 200; State Route 200 west to State 
    Route 1; State Route 1 south to the Soo Railroad line; the Soo Railroad 
    line southeast to Interstate 94; Interstate 94 west to State Route 1; 
    State Route 1 south to the Dickey County line;
        Bounded on the South by the southern Dickey County line west to 
    U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to the Lamoure County line; the 
    southern Lamoure County line; the southern Logan County line west to 
    State Route l3; State Route l3 west to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83 
    south to the Emmons County line; the southern Emmons County line; the 
    southern Sioux County line west State Route 49; State Route 49 north to 
    State Route 21; State Route 21 west to the Burlington-Northern (BN) 
    line; the Burlington-Northern (BN) line northwest to State Route 22; 
    State Route 22 south to U.S. Route 12; U.S. Route 12 west-northwest to 
    the North Dakota State line; and
        Bounded on the West by the western North Dakota State line north to 
    Interstate 94.
        The following locations, outside of the above contiguous geographic 
    area, are part of this geographic area assignment: Farmers Coop 
    Elevator, Fessenden, Farmers Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain, both in 
    Manfred, all in Wells County (located inside Grand Forks Grain 
    Inspection Department, Inc.'s, area); and Norway Spur, and Oakes Grain, 
    both in Oakes, Dickey County (located inside North Dakota Grain 
    Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area).
        Exceptions to Jamestown's assigned geographic area are the 
    following locations inside Jamestown's area which have been and will 
    continue to be serviced by the following official agency--Minot Grain 
    Inspection, Inc.: Benson Quinn Company, Underwood; and Missouri Valley 
    Grain Company, Washburn, all in McLean County.
        Interested persons, including Jamestown, are hereby given the 
    opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services in 
    the geographic areas 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 specified geographic areas is for the 
    period beginning August 1, 1994, and ending July 31, 1997. 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: January 26, 1994
    Neil E. Porter
    Director, Compliance Division
    [FR Doc. 94-2125 Filed 1-31-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
02/01/1994
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
94-2125
Dates:
Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on or before March 2, 1994.
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: February 1, 1994