[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3960]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation Amendment for Southern Illinois To Provide Official
Services in the Alton, Illinois Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Under the United States Grain Standards Act, we have amended
the designation of Southern Illinois Grain Inspection Services, Inc.
(Southern Illinois), to include the former Alton, Illinois, area.
DATES: Effective on February 2, 1999.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Ave., 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 September 2, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 46246), GIPSA
announced the designation of Southern Illinois to provide official
inspection services under the Act effective October 1, 1997, and ending
September 30, 2000. Southern Illinois asked GIPSA to amend their
geographic area to include the former Alton, Illinois, area, due to the
purchase of the designated corporation, Alton Grain Inspection Service,
Inc. (Alton).
Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act authorizes GIPSA's Administrator to
designate an agency to provide official services within a specified
geographic area, if such agency is qualified under Section 7(f)(1)(A)
of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the
designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act, and determined
that Southern Illinois is qualified.
GIPSA announces designation of Southern Illinois to provide
official inspection services under the Act, in the former Alton,
Illinois, area effective February 2, 1999, and ending September 30,
2000, concurrently with the end of Southern Illinois' current
designation.
Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the State of Illinois, is assigned to Southern Illinois.
Bounded on the East by the eastern Cumberland County line; the
eastern Jasper County line south to State Route 33; State Route 33
east-southeast to the Indiana-Illinois State line; the Indiana-Illinois
State line south to the southern Gallatin County line;
Bounded on the South by the southern Gallatin, Saline, and
Williamson County lines; the southern Jackson County line west to U.S.
Route 51; U.S. Route 51 north to State Route 13; State Route 13
northwest to State Route 149; State Route 149 west to State Route 3;
State Route 3 northwest to State Route 51; State Route 51 south to the
Mississippi River; and
Bounded on the West by the Mississippi River north to the northern
Calhoun County line;
Bounded on the North by the northern and eastern Calhoun County
lines; the northern and eastern Jersey County lines; the northern
Madison County line; the western Montgomery County line north to a
point on this line that intersects with a straight line, from the
junction of State Route 111 and the northern Macoupin County line to
the junction of Interstate 55 and State Route 16 (in Montgomery
County); from this point southeast along the straight line to the
junction of Interstate 55 and State Route 16; State Route 16 east-
northeast to a point approximately 1 mile northeast of Irving; a
straight line from this point to the northern Fayette County line; the
northern Fayette, Effingham, and Cumberland County lines.
Effective February 2, 1999, Southern Illinois' present geographic
area is amended to include the area formerly assigned to Alton.
Southern Illinois' designation to provide official inspection services
ends September 30, 2000. Official services may be obtained by
contacting Southern Illinois at 618-632-1921.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: February 9, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-3960 Filed 2-17-99; 8:45 am]
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