[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 15723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7995]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation for the Central Illinois (IL) Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of Central Illinois Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois) to provide official services under
the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1999.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 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 October 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 52678), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic
area assigned to Central Illinois to submit an application for
designation. Applications were due by October 30, 1998. There were two
applicants: Central Illinois and Turner Grain Services, Inc. (Turner).
Central Illinois applied for designation to provide official services
in the entire area currently assigned to them. Turner, currently
operating an unofficial grain inspection business not designated by
GIPSA under the authority of the Act, applied for designation to
provide official services in a portion of the Central Illinois area.
Turner applied for the area bounded on the North by Interstate 74;
bounded on the East by Interstate 155; bounded on the South by Illinois
Route 136; and bounded on the West by the western Tazewell County line,
and the western Peoria County line north to Interstate 74.
The October 1, 1998, Federal Register also asked for comments on
the services provided by Central Illinois. GIPSA did not receive any
comments.
In the December 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 66118), GIPSA
asked for comments on the applicants for the Central Illinois area.
GIPSA received two comments by the deadline: both were from grain
companies that said they were familiar with the services provided by
Central Illinois and Turner, and both supported designation of both
organizations.
GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation
criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act and, according to Section
7(f)(1)(B), determined that Central Illinois is better able to provide
official services in the geographic area for which they applied.
Effective June 1, 1999, and ending May 31, 2002, Central Illinois
is designated to provide official services in the Central Illinois
geographic area specified in the October 1, 1998, Federal Register.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting
Central Illinois at 309-827-7121.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: March 17, 1999.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 99-7995 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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