51408 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 190 / Wednesday, October 1, 1997 / Notices

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604 (Room 1647-S),

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

Applications may be submitted by FAX

on 202–690–2755. If an application is

submitted by FAX, GIPSA 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,

SW, 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

GIPSA’s 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. GIPSA designated

Arkansas, main office located in Little

Rock, Arkansas, to provide official

inspection services under the Act on

November 1, 1994.

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 designation

of Arkansas ends on October 31, 1997,

according to the Act.

GIPSA, in the April 14, 1997, Federal

Register (62 FR 18084), asked persons

interested in providing official services

in the Little Rock area to submit an

application for designation. Arkansas

was the only applicant. Since Arkansas

was the only applicant, GIPSA did not

ask for comments.

GIPSA has evaluated all available

information regarding the designation

criteria prescribed in section 7(f)(1)(A)

of the Act and according to the

provisions of Section 7(f), determined

that the designation Arkansas will not

be renewed. GIPSA is again asking

persons interested in providing official

services in the Little Rock area, as

described in the April 14, 1997, Federal

Register, to submit an application for

designation.

Interested persons are hereby given

the opportunity to apply for designation

to provide official services in the

geographic area specified in the April

14, 1997, Federal Register. Effective

November 1, 1997, until an official

agency can be selected, requests for

official services should be directed to

GIPSA’s Stuttgart, Arkansas, Field

Office at 501–673–2508. 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: September 19, 1997.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25761 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Designations for the Los Angeles (CA)

and Ohio Valley (IN) Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the

designation of Los Angeles Grain

Inspection Service, Inc. (Los Angeles),

and Ohio Valley Grain Inspection, Inc.

(Ohio Valley), to provide official

services under the United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604 (Room 1647-S),

1400 Independence Avenue, 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 April 14, 1997, Federal

Register (62 FR 18084), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the geographic areas

assigned to Los Angeles and Ohio

Valley to submit an application for

designation. Applications were due by

May 30, 1997. Los Angeles and Ohio

Valley, the only applicants, each

applied for designation to provide

official services in the entire area

currently assigned to them.

Since Los Angeles and Ohio Valley

were the only applicants for the

respective areas, GIPSA did not ask for

comments on the applicants.

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 Los Angeles and Ohio

Valley are able to provide official

services in the geographic areas for

which they applied. Effective November

1, 1997, and ending October 31, 2000,

Los Angeles and Ohio Valley are

designated to provide official services in

the geographic areas specified in the

April 14, 1997, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by contacting Los Angeles at

213–721–9216 and Ohio Valley at 812–

858–5444.

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)

Dated: September 17, 1997

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25762 Filed 9–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal Large

Household Follow-up

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before December 1,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Maureen Lynch, Bureau

of the Census, DMD Room 2301

Building 2, Washington, DC 20233–

0001, telephone (301) 457–4092.