[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15827-15828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8441]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Detroit (MI), Keokuk (IA), and Michigan (MI)
Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Detroit Grain Inspection
Service, Inc. (Detroit), Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk), and
Michigan Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan), to provide
official services
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under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATES: May 1, 1998.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250-3604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, at 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 November 3, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 59341), GIPSA
asked persons interested in providing official services in the
geographic areas assigned to Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan to submit an
application for designation. Applications were due by December 2, 1997.
Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan, the only applicants, each applied for
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently
assigned to them.
Since Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan were the only applicants, GIPSA
did not ask for comments on them.
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 Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan are able to
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they
applied. Effective May 1, 1998, and ending April 30, 2001, Detroit,
Keokuk, and Michigan are designated to provide official services in the
geographic area specified in the November 3, 1997, Federal Register.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting
Detroit at 810-395-2105, Keokuk at 319-524-6482, and Michigan at 616-
781-2711.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: March 18, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-8441 Filed 3-31-98; 8:45 am]
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