[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7742]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Designations for the Lincoln (NE), Memphis (TN), and Omaha (NE),
Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Lincoln Inspection Service,
Inc. (Lincoln), Memphis Grain Inspection Service (Memphis), and Omaha
Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Omaha), to provide official services
under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1997.
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 October 22, 1996, Federal Register (61 FR 54760), GIPSA
asked persons interested in providing official services in the
geographic areas assigned to Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha to submit an
application for designation. Applications were due by December 2, 1996.
Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha, the only applicants, each applied for
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently
assigned to them.
Since Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha were the only applicants for the
respective areas, GIPSA did not ask for comments on the applicants.
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 Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha are able to
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they
applied. Effective May 1, 1997, and ending April 30, 2000, Lincoln and
Omaha are designated to provide official services in the geographic
areas specified in the October 22, 1996, Federal Register. Effective
June 1, 1997, and ending April 30, 2000, Memphis is designated to
provide official services in the geographic area specified in the
October 22, 1996, Federal Register.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting
Lincoln at 402-435-4386, Memphis at 901-942-3216, and Omaha at 402-341-
6739.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.)
Dated: March 12, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-7742 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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