04-12263. Designation for the East Indiana (IN), Fremont (NE), and Titus (IN) Areas

AGENCY:

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) announces designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act):

East Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana);

Fremont Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont); and

Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus).

DATES: Effective Date:

July 1, 2004.

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, e-mail [e-mail].

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 December 1, 2003, Federal Register (68 FR 67144), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the geographic areas assigned to the official agencies named above to submit an application for designation. Applications were due by January 2, 2004.

East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus were the sole applicants for designation to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional 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 East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus are able to provide official services in the geographic areas specified in the December 1, 2003, Federal Register, for which they applied. Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers listed below.

Official agency	Headquarters location and telephone	Designation start-end
East Indiana	Muncie, IN—765-289-1206	7/01/2004-6/30/2007
Fremont	Fremont, NE—402-721-1270	7/01/2004-6/30/2007
	Additional location: Denison, IA
Titus	West Lafayette, IN—765-497-2202	7/01/2004-6/30/2007

Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.).

Donna Reifschneider,

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.