[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63513-63514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31337]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity for Designation in the Champaign (IL) and Enid (OK) 
Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 designation of Champaign-Danville 
Grain Inspection Departments, Inc. (Champaign), will end May 31, 1998, 
and the designation of Enid Grain Inspection Company, Inc. (Enid), will 
end June 30, 1998, according to the Act. GIPSA is asking persons 
interested in providing official services in the Champaign and Enid 
areas to submit an application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before December 30, 1997.


[[Page 63514]]


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 
Champaign, main office located in Champaign, Illinois, to provide 
official inspection services under the Act on June 1, 1995, and Enid, 
main office located in Enid, Oklahoma, to provide official inspection 
services under the Act on July 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 designation of Champaign ends on May 31, 1998, according 
to the Act. The designation of Enid ends on June 30, 1998, according to 
the Act.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the States of Illinois and Indiana, is assigned to Champaign.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Livingston County line from 
State Route 47; the eastern Livingston County line to the northern Ford 
County line; the northern Ford and Iroquois County lines east to the 
Illinois-Indiana State line; the Illinois-Indiana State line south to 
U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 east to U.S. Route 41;
    Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 41 south to the northern Parke 
County line; the northern Parke and Putnam County lines; the eastern 
Putnam, Owen and Greene County lines;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Greene County line; the 
southern Sullivan County line west to U.S. Route 41 (150); U.S. Route 
41 (150) south to U.S. Route 50; U.S. Route 50 west across the Indiana-
Illinois State line to Illinois State Route 33; Illinois State Route 33 
north and west to the Western Crawford County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Crawford and Clark County lines; 
the Southern Coles County line; 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, from this point through 
Arrowsmith to Pontiac along a straight line running north and south 
which intersects with State Route 116; State Route 116 east to State 
Route 47; State Route 47 north to the northern Livingston County line.
    The following grain elevators, all in Illinois, located outside of 
the above contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Moultrie Grain Association, Cadwell, Moultrie County; Tabor 
Grain Company, McLain County F/S, and Pacific Grain Company, all in 
Farmer City, Dewitt County; and Monticello Grain Company, Monticello, 
Piatt County (located inside Decatur Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area).
    Champaign's assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Champaign's area which have been and will 
continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Titus Grain 
Inspection, Inc.: Boswell Grain Company, Boswell, Benton County, 
Indiana; Dunn Grain, Dunn, Benton County, Indiana; York Richland Grain 
Elevator, Inc., Earl Park, Benton County, Indiana; and Raub Grain 
Company, Raub, Benton County, Indiana.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Oklahoma, is assigned to Enid.
    Adair, Alfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, 
Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, 
Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Garfield, Garvin, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, 
Haskell, Hughes, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, 
Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, Logan, Love, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, 
Major, Marshall, Mayes, Murray, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, 
Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, 
Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Stephens, 
Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Washita, Woods, and Woodward 
Counties.
    Interested persons, including Champaign and Enid, 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 Champaign area is for the period 
beginning June 1, 1998, and ending May 31, 2001. Designation in the 
Enid area is for the period beginning July 1, 1998, and ending May 31, 
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.).

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31337 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-EN-P