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[FR Doc No: 94-21507]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Grain Inspection Service
Opportunity for Designation in the Frankfort (IN) and Jinks (IL)
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 Frankfort Grain
Inspection, Inc. (Frankfort), and Jinks Grain Weighing Service (Jinks)
will end February 28, 1995, 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 September 30, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Janet M. Hart, Chief,
Review Branch, 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: Janet M. Hart. 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: 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 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 Frankfort, main office located in Frankfort,
Indiana, to provide official inspection services and Class X or Y
weighing services under the Act on March 1, 1992, and Jinks, main
office located in Homer, Illinois, to provide Class X or Y weighing
services under the Act on March 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 designations of Frankfort and Jinks end on February 28,
1995.
The geographic area presently assigned to Frankfort, pursuant to
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation is as follows:
Bounded on the North by the northern Fulton County line;
Bounded on the East by the eastern Fulton County line south to
State Route 19; State Route 19 south to State Route 114; State Route
114 southeast to the eastern Fulton and Miami County lines; the
northern Grant County line east to County Highway 900E; County Highway
900E south to State Route 18; State Route 18 east to the Grant County
line; the eastern and southern Grant County lines; the eastern Tipton
County line; the eastern Hamilton County line south to State Route 32;
Bounded on the South by State Route 32 west to the Boone County
line; the eastern and southern Boone County lines; the southern
Montgomery County line; and
Bounded on the West by the western and northern Montgomery County
lines; the western Clinton County line; the western Carroll County line
north to State Route 25; State Route 25 northeast to Cass County; the
western Cass and Fulton County lines.
Exceptions to Frankfort's assigned geographic area are the
following locations inside Frankfort's area which have been and will
continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Titus Grain
Inspection, Inc.: The Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Buckeye Feed
and Supply Company, Leiters Ford, Fulton County; and Cargill, Inc.,
Linden, Montgomery County.
The geographic area presently assigned to Jinks, pursuant to
Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which will be assigned to the applicant
selected for designation is as follows:
Bounded on the North by the Iroquois County line east to Illinois
State Route 1; Illinois State Route 1 south to U.S. Route 24; U.S.
Route 24 east into Indiana, to U.S. Route 41;
Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 41 south to the southern Fountain
County line; the Fountain County line west to Vermillion County (in
Indiana); the eastern Vermillion County line south to U.S. Route 36;
Bounded on the South by U.S. Route 36 west into Illinois, to the
Douglas County line; the eastern Douglas and Coles County lines; the
southern Coles County line; and
Bounded on the West by the western Coles and Douglas County lines;
the western Champaign County line north to Interstate 72; Interstate 72
southwest to the Piatt County line; the western Piatt County line; the
southern McLean County line west to a point 10 miles west of the
western Champaign County line; a straight line running north to U.S.
Route 136; U.S. Route 136 east to Interstate 57; Interstate 57 north to
the Champaign County line; the northern Champaign County line; the
western Vermilion (in Illinois) and Iroquois County lines.
Interested persons, including Frankfort and Jinks 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 March 1, 1995, and ending no later than February 28,
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: August 17, 1994
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 94-21507 Filed 8-31-94; 8:45 am]
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