95-9824. Opportunity for Designation in the Cairo (IL) Area  

  • [Federal Register Volume 60, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 1995)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 19881-19882]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 95-9824]
    
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
    
    
    Opportunity for Designation in the Cairo (IL) Area
    
    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 shall end not later than 
    triennially and may be renewed. The designation of Cairo Grain 
    Inspection Agency, Inc. (Cairo), will end October 31, 1995, according 
    to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing 
    official services in the specified geographic area to submit an 
    application for designation.
    
    DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
    or before May 30, 1995.
    
    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-
    720-1015, 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 Cairo, main office located in Cairo, Illinois, to 
    provide inspection and Class X and Class Y [[Page 19882]] weighing 
    services under the Act on November 1, 1992.
        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 designation of Cairo ends on October 31, 1995.
        The geographic area presently assigned to Cairo, pursuant to 
    Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant 
    selected for designation is as follows: Randolph County (southwest of 
    State Route 150 from the Mississippi River north to State Route 3); 
    Jackson County (southwest of State Route 3 southeast to State Route 
    149; State Route 149 east to State Route 13; State Route 13 southeast 
    to U.S. Route 51; U.S. Route 51 south to Union County); and Alexander, 
    Johnson, Hardin, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, and Union Counties, Illinois. 
    Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, 
    Marshall, McCracken, and Trigg Counties, Kentucky.
        Benton, Dickson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Montgomery, 
    Obion, Stewart, and Weakley Counties, Tennessee.
        Cairo's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
    grain elevator inside Cairo's area which has been and will continue to 
    be serviced by the following official agency: Memphis Grain and Hay 
    Association: Continental Grain Co., Tiptonville, Lake County, 
    Tennessee.
        Interested persons, including Cairo, are hereby given the 
    opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services in 
    the geographic area 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 area is for the 
    period beginning November 1, 1995, and ending October 31, 1998. 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: April 13, 1995.
    Neil E. Porter,
    Director, Compliance Division.
    [FR Doc. 95-9824 Filed 4-20-95; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/21/1995
Department:
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
95-9824
Dates:
Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on or before May 30, 1995.
Pages:
19881-19882 (2 pages)
PDF File:
95-9824.pdf