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• Bounded on the South by the Ohio 

River south-southwest to the western 

Scioto County line; and 

• Bounded on the West by the 

western Scioto County line north to 

State Route 73; State Route 73 northwest 

to U.S. Route 22; U.S. Route 22 west to 

U.S. Route 68; U.S. Route 68 north to 

Clark County; the northern Clark County 

line west to State Route 560; State Route 

560 north to State Route 296; State 

Route 296 west to Interstate 75; 

Interstate 75 north to State Route 47; 

State Route 47 northeast to U.S. Route 

68 (including all of Sidney, Ohio); U.S. 

Route 68 north to the southern Hancock 

County line; the southern Hancock 

County line west to the western 

Hancock, Wood and Lucus County lines 

north to the Michigan-Ohio State line; 

the Michigan-Ohio State line west to 

State Route 127. 

Columbus’ assigned geographic area 

does not include the export port 

locations inside Columbus’ area which 

are serviced by GIPSA. 

Farwell 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, in the States New 

Mexico and Texas, is assigned to 

Farwell: 

In New Mexico: 

• Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, DeBaca, 

Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt, 

San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance, and 

Union Counties, New Mexico. 

In Texas: 

• Bailey, Cochran, Deaf Smith (west 

of State Route 214), Hockley, Lamb 

(south of a line bounded by U.S. Route 

70, FM 303, U.S. Route 84, and FM 37), 

and Parmer Counties, Texas. 

Northeast Indiana 

In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of 

USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following 

geographic area, in the State of Indiana, 

is assigned to Northeast Indiana: 

• Bounded on the North by the 

northern Lagrange and Steuben County 

lines; 

• Bounded on the East by the eastern 

Steuben, De Kalb, Allen, and Adams 

County lines; 

• Bounded on the South by the 

southern Adams and Wells County 

lines; and 

• Bounded on the West by the 

western Wells County line; the southern 

Huntington and Wabash County lines; 

the western Wabash County line north 

to State Route 114; State Route 114 

northwest to State Route 19; State Route 

19 north to Kosciusko County; the 

western and northern Kosciusko County 

lines; the western Noble and Lagrange 

County lines. 

The following grain elevator, located 

outside of the above contiguous 

geographic area, is part of this 

geographic area assignment: E.M.P. 

Coop, Payne, Paulding County, Ohio 

(located inside Michigan Grain 

Inspection Services, Inc.’s, area). 

Opportunity for designation 

Interested persons, including 

Columbus, Farwell and Northeast 

Indiana, may apply for designation to 

provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified above under 

the provisions of section 7(f) of USGSA 

(7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), and 9 CFR 800.196(d) 

regulations. Designation in the specified 

geographic areas is for the period 

beginning January 1, 2008, and ending 

December 31, 2010. To apply for 

designation, contact the Compliance 

Division at the address listed above for 

forms and information, or obtain 

applications at the GIPSA Web site, 

http://www.gipsa.usda.gov. 

Request for Comments 

We are also publishing this notice to 

provide interested persons the 

opportunity to present comments on the 

quality of services provided by the 

Columbus, Farwell and Northeast 

Indiana official agencies. In the 

designation process, we will consider 

substantive comments citing reasons 

and pertinent data for support or 

objection to the designation of the 

applicants. Submit all comments to the 

Compliance Division at the above 

address. 

In determining which applicant will 

be designated, we will consider 

applications, comments, and other 

available information. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

[FR Doc. 07–2719 Filed 5–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–KD–U 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

Designation for the Muncie (IN), 

Fremont (NE), Savage (MN), and West 

Lafayette (IN) Areas 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing 

designation of the following 

organizations to provide official services 

under the United States Grain Standards 

Act, as amended (USGSA): East Indiana 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana); 

Fremont Grain Inspection Department, 

Inc. (Fremont); State Grain Inspection, 

Inc. (State Grain); and Titus Grain 

Inspection, Inc. (Titus). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, 

e-mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

December 8, 2006, Federal Register (71 

FR 71122–71124), we requested 

applications for designation to provide 

official services in the geographic areas 

assigned to the official agencies named 

above. Applications were due by 

January 8, 2007. 

There were two applicants for the 

Savage area: State Grain and Mid-Iowa 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa); both 

currently designated official agencies. 

State Grain and Mid-Iowa applied for all 

or part of the counties announced in the 

December 8, 2006, Federal Register. 

GIPSA asked for comments on State 

Grain and Mid-Iowa in the March 2, 

2007, Federal Register (72 FR 9502). 

Comments were due by April 2, 2007. 

GIPSA received a total of 8 comments 

by the closing date. We received 3 

comments supporting Mid-Iowa for 

designation: 1 of which were from grain 

companies in the area and 2 from other 

official agencies. GIPSA received 5 

comments supporting State Grain for 

designation; 2 of which were from grain 

companies, 2 from grain industry in the 

area, and 1 from an exporter. 

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. 

We evaluated all available 

information regarding the designation 

criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of USGSA (7 

U.S.C. 79 (f)) and Section 7(f)(l)(B), 

determined that East Indiana, Fremont, 

and Titus are able to provide official 

services and that State Grain is better 

able to provide official services in the 

geographic areas specified in the 

December 8, 2006, Federal Register, for 

which they applied. These designation 

actions to provide official services are 

effective July 1, 2007, and terminate 

June 30, 2010, for East Indiana, 

Fremont, and Titus. State Grain is 

designated for only 18 months, effective 

July 1, 2007, and terminating December 

31, 2008. Interested persons may obtain 

official services by calling the telephone 

numbers listed below. 


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Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation start–end 

East Indiana .......................................... Muncie, IN, 765–289–1206 .................................................................................. 7/01/2007–6/30/2010 

Fremont ................................................. Fremont, NE, 402–721–1270 ...............................................................................

Additional locations: Denison, IA .........................................................................

7/01/2007–6/30/2010 

State Grain ............................................ Savage, MN, 952–808–8566 ............................................................................... 7/01/2007–12/31/2008 

Titus ...................................................... West Lafayette, IN 765–497–2202 ...................................................................... 7/01/2007–6/30/2010 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq. 

James E. Link, 

Administrator , Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–KD–U 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Housing Service 

Notice of Availability of Funds; MultiFamily Housing, Single Family 

Housing 

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) announces the availability of 

housing funds for fiscal year (FY) 2007. 

This action is taken to comply with 42 

U.S.C. 1490p, which requires that RHS 

publish in the Federal Register notice of 

the availability of any housing 

assistance. 

DATES: Unless otherwise indicated 

below, applications are accepted yearround at a local Rural Development 

office. 

Effective Date: May 31, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on applying for assistance, 

visit our Internet Web site at http:// 

offices.sc.egov.usda.gov and select your 

State. You may also check the blue 

pages in your local telephone directory 

under ‘‘Rural Development’’ for the 

office serving your area. 

For information regarding this notice 

contact Myron Wooden, Loan Assistant, 

Single Family Housing Direct Loan 

Division, telephone 202–720–4780, for 

single family housing (SFH) issues and 

Tammy S. Daniels, Senior Loan 

Specialist, Multi-Family Housing (MFH) 

Processing Division, telephone 202–

720–0021, for multi-family housing 

issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. (The telephone 

numbers listed are not toll free 

numbers.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information in this notice describes how 

funds for the various Rural 

Development Housing programs are 

distributed to the States. Interested 

applicants are encouraged to contact the 

local USDA Rural Development office 

for more information and application 

information. Please visit http:// 

offices.sc.egov.usda.gov for the Rural 

Development office nearest you. 

Programs Affected 

The following programs are subject to 

the provisions of Executive Order 12372 

that requires intergovernmental 

consultation with State and local 

officials. These programs or activities 

are listed in the Catalog of Federal 

Domestic Assistance under Nos. 

10.405 Farm Labor Housing (LH) 

Loans and Grants 

10.410 Very Low to Moderate Income 

Housing Loans 

10.411 Rural Housing Site Loans and 

Self-Help Housing Land Development 

Loans 

10.415 Rural Rental Housing Loans 

10.417 Very Low Income Housing 

Repair Loans and Grants 

10.420 Rural Self-Help Housing 

Technical Assistance 

10.427 Rural Rental Assistance 

Payments 

10.433 Rural Housing Preservation 

Grants 

10.442 Housing Application Packaging 

Grants 

Discussion of Notice 

Part 1940, subpart L of 7 CFR contains 

the ‘‘Methodology and Formulas for 

Allocation of Loan and Grant Program 

Funds.’’ To apply for assistance under 

these programs or for more information, 

contact the USDA Rural Development 

Office for your area. 

Multi-Family Housing (MFH) 

I. General 

A. This provides guidance on MFH 

funding for the Rural Rental Housing 

program (RRH) for FY 2007. Allocation 

computations have been performed in 

accordance with 7 CFR 1940.575 and 

1940.578. For FY 2007, State Directors, 

under the Rural Housing Assistance 

Grants (RHAG), will have the flexibility 

to transfer their initial allocations of 

budget authority between the Single 

Family Housing (SFH) Section 504 

Rural Housing Grants and Section 533 

Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) 

programs. 

B. MFH loan and grant levels for FY 

2007 are as follows: 

MFH Loan Programs Credit Sales .................................................................................................................................................. $1,484,998 

Section 514 Farm Labor Housing (LH) loans* .............................................................................................................................. 38,116,886 

Section 515 Rural Rental Housing (RRH) loans .......................................................................................................................... 99,000,000 

Section 521 Rental Assistance (RA) and 502(c)(5)(C) Advance ................................................................................................. 616,020,000 

Section 516 LH grants .................................................................................................................................................................. 13,860,000 

Sections 525 Technical and Supervisory Assistance grants (TSA) and 509 Housing Application Packaging grants (HAPG) 

(Shared between single and multi-family housing) ...................................................................................................................... 990,000 

Section 533 Housing Preservation grants (HPG)** ...................................................................................................................... 10,125,728 

Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program ............................................................................................................ 99,000,000 

Preservation Revolving Loan Fund Demonstration Program .......................................................................................................... 6,300,769 

Section 515 Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization Restructuring Demonstration (MPR)*** .............................. 8,910,000 

Rural Housing Voucher Program .................................................................................................................................................... 15,840,000 

* Does Not Include Carryover Funds. 

** Includes Carryover Funds. 

*** State at the budget authority level, rather than at the program level. 


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