[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7977]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in the States of Louisiana and North
Carolina
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 designations of the Louisiana
Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Louisiana) and the North
Carolina Department of Agriculture (North Carolina) will end September
30, 1995, according to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested
in providing official services in the specified geographic areas to
submit an application for designation.
DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on
or before May 1, 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, FGIS 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 Louisiana, main office located in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, to provide inspection and Class X and Class Y weighing
services under the Act on October 1, 1992, and North Carolina, main
office located in Raleigh, North Carolina, to provide inspection
services under the Act on October 1, 1992.
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 designations of Louisiana and North Carolina end on
September 30, 1995.
The geographic area presently assigned to Louisiana, pursuant to
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation, is the entire State of Louisiana, except
those export port locations within the State.
The geographic area presently assigned to North Carolina, pursuant
to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation, is the entire State of North Carolina, except
those export port locations within the State.
Interested persons, including Louisiana and North Carolina, 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 October l, 1995, and ending September
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: March 22, 1995
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 95-7977 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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