[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59341-59342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28853]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Detroit (MI), Keokuk (IA), and 
Michigan (MI) Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 
provides that official agency designations will end not later than 
triennially and may be renewed. The designations of Detroit Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc. (Detroit), Keokuk Grain Inspection Service 
(Keokuk), and Michigan Grain Inspection Services, Inc. (Michigan), will 
end April 30, 1998, according to the Act. GIPSA is asking persons 
interested in providing official services in the Detroit, Keokuk, and 
Michigan areas to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before December 2, 1997.

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, 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 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 
Detroit, main office located in Emmett, Michigan, Keokuk, main office 
located in Keokuk, Iowa, and Michigan, main office located in Marshall, 
Michigan, to provide official inspection services under the Act on May 
1, 1995.
    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 Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan end on April 
30, 1998, according to the Act.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Michigan, is assigned to Detroit.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Clinton County line; the 
eastern Clinton County line south to State Route 21; State Route 21 
east to State Route 52; State Route 52 north to the Shiawassee County 
line; the northern Shiawassee County line east to the Genesee County 
line; the western Genesee County line; the northern Genesee County line 
east to State Route 15; State Route 15 north to Barnes Road; Barnes 
Road east to Sheridan Road; Sheridan Road north to State Route 46; 
State Route 46 east to State Route 53; State Route 53 north to the 
Michigan State line;
    Bounded on the East by the Michigan State line south to State Route 
50;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 50 west to U.S. Route 127; and
    Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 127 north to U.S. Route 27; U.S. 
Route 27 north to the northern Clinton County line.
    The following grain elevator, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, is part of this geographic area assignment: 
Countrymark, Inc., St. Johns, Clinton County (located inside Michigan 
Grain Inspection Services, Inc.'s, area).
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Illinois and Iowa, is assigned to Keokuk.
    Adams, Brown, Fulton, Hancock, Mason, McDonough, and Pike 
(northwest of a line bounded by U.S. Route 54 northeast to State Route 
107; State Route 107 northeast to State Route 104; State Route 104 east 
to the eastern Pike County line) Counties, Illinois.
    Davis, Lee, and Van Buren Counties, Iowa.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Michigan, is assigned to Michigan.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Michigan State line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern Michigan State line south and 
east to State Route 53; State Route 53 south to State Route 46;
    Bounded on the South by State Route 46 west to Sheridan Road; 
Sheridan Road south to Barnes Road; Barnes Road west to State Route 15; 
State Route 15 south to the Genesee County line; the northern Genesee 
County line west to the Shiawassee County line; the northern Shiawassee 
County line west to State Route 52; State Route 52 south to State Route 
21; State Route 21 west to Clinton County; the eastern and northern 
Clinton County lines west to U.S. Route 27; U.S. Route 27 south to U.S. 
Route 127; U.S. Route 127 south to the southern Hillsdale County line; 
the southern Hillsdale and Branch County lines; the western Branch 
County line north to the Kalamazoo County line; the southern Kalamazoo 
and Van Buren County lines; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Michigan State line north to the 
northern Michigan State line.
    Michigan's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevator inside Michigan's area which has been and will continue 
to be serviced by the following official agency: Detroit Grain 
Inspection Service, Inc.: St. Johns Coop., St. Johns, Clinton County.
    Interested persons, including Detroit, Keokuk, and Michigan, 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 Detroit, Keokuk, and 
Michigan areas is for the period beginning May 1, 1998, and ending 
April 30, 2001. 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.).


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    Dated: October 24, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-28853 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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