[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 63 (Monday, April 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 14289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7485]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in the Mid-Iowa (IA) Area and the State
of Oregon
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 will end not later than
triennially and may be renewed. The designations of Mid-Iowa Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa), and the Oregon Department of Agriculture
(Oregon) will end September 30, 1996, according to the Act, and GIPSA
is asking persons interested in providing official services in the Mid-
Iowa and Oregon areas to submit an application for designation.
DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on
or before May 1, 1996.
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-
690-2755, attention: Janet M. Hart. If an application is submitted by
telecopier, GIPSA 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's 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
Mid-Iowa, main office located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Oregon, main
office located in Pendleton, Oregon, to provide official inspection
services under the Act on October 1, 1993.
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 Mid-Iowa and Oregon end on September 30,
1996.
The geographic area presently assigned to Mid-Iowa, in the State of
Iowa, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to
the applicant selected for designation is as follows:
Bounded on the North by the northern Winneshiek and Allamakee
County lines;
Bounded on the East by the eastern Allamakee County line; the
eastern and southern Clayton County lines; the eastern Buchanan County
line; the northern and eastern Jones County lines; the eastern Cedar
County line south to State Route 130;
Bounded on the South by State Route 130 west to State Route 38;
State Route 38 south to Interstate 80; Interstate 80 west to U.S. Route
63; and
Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 63 north to State Route 8; State
Route 8 east to State Route 21; State Route 21 north to D38; D38 east
to State Route 297; State Route 297 north to V49; V49 north to Bremer
County; the southern Bremer County line; the western Fayette and
Winneshiek County lines.
The geographic area presently assigned to the State of Oregon
pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act is the entire State of Oregon,
except those export port locations within the State which are serviced
by GIPSA.
Interested persons, including Mid-Iowa and Oregon, 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 1, 1996, and ending September 30, 1999.
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 20, 1996
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-7485 Filed 3-29-96; 8:45 am]
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