[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9572]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity to Comment on the Applicants for the Kansas Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to
provide official services in the geographic area currently assigned to
the Kansas State Grain Inspection Department (Kansas).
DATES: Comments must be postmarked, or sent by telecopier (FAX) or
electronic mail by May 13, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing to USDA, GIPSA, FGIS,
Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, AG Code 3604,
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, DC 20250-3604. Telecopier
(FAX) users may send comments to the automatic telecopier machine at
202-690-2755, attention: Janet M. Hart. All comments received will be
made available for public inspection at the above 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.
In the March 5, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 10022), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic
area assigned to Kansas to submit an application for designation. There
were four applicants: Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc., applied for
designation to provide official services in the Kansas counties of
Haskell, Morton, Seward, Stanton, Stevens, and Ulysses; the Kansas
State Grain Inspection Department applied for designation to provide
official services in the entire Kansas area (the area currently
assigned to them); Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc., a proposed
organization being formed by the Kansas Grain and Feed Association to
function under a trust, that plans to establish its main office in
Topeka, Kansas, applied for designation to provide official services in
the entire State of Kansas; and the Missouri Department of Agriculture
applied for designation to provide official services in the Kansas
counties of Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte.
GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or
objection to the designation of these applicants. All comments must be
submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address. Comments and
other available information will be considered in making a final
decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final decision in the
Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicants written
notification of the decision.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.)
Dated: April 9, 1997
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 97-9572 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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