[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13221]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Opportunity for Designation in the Fostoria (OH), Idaho (ID),
Lewiston (ID), and Utah Areas
AGENCY: Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS).
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 designations of Fostoria Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Fostoria), Idaho Grain Inspection Service, Inc.
(Idaho), Lewiston Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Lewiston), and the
Utah Department of Agriculture (Utah) will end November 30, 1994,
according to the Act, and FGIS is asking persons interested in
providing official services in the specified geographic areas to submit
an application for designation.
DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on
or before June 30, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Neil E. Porter, Director,
Compliance Division, FGIS, 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: Neil E. Porter. If an application is submitted by
telecopier, FGIS 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: Neil E. Porter, telephone 202-720-
8262.
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 FGIS' 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.
FGIS designated Fostoria, main office located in Fostoria, Ohio,
Idaho, main office located in Pocatello, Idaho, Lewiston main office
located in Lewiston, Idaho, and Utah, main office located in Ogden,
Utah, to provide grain inspection services under the Act on December 1,
1991.
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 designations of Fostoria, Idaho, Lewiston, and Utah end on
November 30, 1994.
The geographic area presently assigned to Fostoria, pursuant to
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation, is as follows:
Bounded on the North by the northern and eastern Fulton County
lines; the eastern Henry County line; the northern and eastern Wood
County lines; the northern Sandusky County line east to State Route
590;
Bounded on the East by State Route 590 south to Seneca County; the
northern Seneca County line east to State Route 53; State Route 53
south to Wyandot County; the northern Wyandot County line; the northern
Crawford County line east to State Route 19; State Route 19 south to
U.S. Route 30;
Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 30 west to the western Hancock
County line; and
Bounded on the West by the western Hancock County line; the
southern Henry County line west to State Route 108; State Route 108
north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 southwest to the Henry County
line; the western Henry and Fulton County lines.
The geographic area presently assigned to Idaho, pursuant to
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation, is as follows:
The southern half of the State of Idaho up to the northern
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.
The geographic area presently assigned to Lewiston, pursuant to
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation, is as follows:
The northern half of the State of Idaho down to the northern
boundaries of Adams, Valley, and Lemhi Counties.
The geographic area presently assigned to Utah, pursuant to Section
7(f)(2) of the Act, which may be assigned to the applicant selected for
designation, is the entire State of Utah.
Interested persons, including Fostoria, Idaho, Lewiston, and Utah
are hereby given the opportunity to apply for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas 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
areas is for the period beginning December 1, 1994, and ending November
30, 1997. 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: May 24, 1994.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 94-13221 Filed 5-31-94; 8:45 am]
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