[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15111]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Designation Amendment for Kansas To Provide Official Services in
the Denver (CO) Area
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc's. (Kansas), designation
has been amended to include Colorado, and parts of Nebraska and
Wyoming.
DATE: Effective on June 1, 1998.
ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Ave. S.W., Washington, DC 20250-
3604.
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 July 21, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 38971), GIPSA
announced the designation of Kansas to provide official inspection
services under the Act, effective September 1, 1997, and ending August
31, 2000. Subsequently, Kansas asked GIPSA to amend their designation
to include official services in Colorado and in parts of Nebraska and
Wyoming, due to the purchase of the formerly designated corporation,
Denver Grain Inspection. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act authorizes GIPSA's
Administrator to designate authority to perform official services
within a specified geographic area, if such agency is qualified under
Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all available
information regarding the designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of
the Act, and determined that Kansas is qualified. GIPSA is announcing
the change in Kansas' assigned geographic area, and that Kansas is the
officially designated service provider in Colorado, and in parts of
Nebraska and Wyoming. The Kansas designation now includes the following
geographic area, in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and
Wyoming:
The entire State of Colorado.
The entire State of Kansas.
In Nebraska:
Bounded on the North by the northern Scotts Bluff County line; the
northern Morrill County line east to Highway 385;
Bounded on the East by Highway 385 south to the northern Cheyenne
County line; the northern and eastern Cheyenne County lines; the
northern and eastern Deuel County lines;
Bounded on the South by the southern Deuel, Cheyenne, and Kimball
County lines; and
Bounded on the West by the western Kimball, Banner, and Scotts
Bluff County lines.
In Wyoming:
Goshen, Laramie, and Platte Counties.
Kansas' assigned geographic area does not include the following
grain elevators inside Kansas' area which have been and will continue
to be serviced by the following official agency: Hastings Grain
Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Coop, and Big Springs Elevator, both in Big
Springs, Deuel County, Nebraska.
Effective June 1, 1998, and terminating August 31, 2000 (the end of
Kansas' designation to provide official inspection services), Kansas'
present geographic area is amended to include Colorado, and parts of
Nebraska and Wyoming. Official services may be obtained by contacting
Kansas at 913-296-3451.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: June 2, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-15111 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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