[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31335]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Opportunity to Comment on the Applicants for the Little Rock Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA requests comments on the applicants for designation to 
provide official services in the geographic area formerly assigned to 
Arkansas Grain Inspection Service (Arkansas).

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

ADDRESSES: Comments must be submitted in writing 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. 
Telecopier (FAX) users may send comments to the automatic telecopier 
machine at 202-690-2755, attention: Janet M. Hart. All comments 
received will be made available for public inspection at the above 
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.
    In the October 1, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 51407), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the Little Rock 
area, formerly assigned to Arkansas, to submit an application for 
designation by October 30, 1997. There were two applicants: Memphis 
Grain Inspection Service, a currently designated official agency, 
located at Memphis, Tennessee, and contiguous to the Little Rock area, 
applied for designation to provide official services in the Little Rock 
area; and the former Arkansas agency reorganized and applied for 
designation to provide official services in the Little Rock area.
    GIPSA is publishing this notice to provide interested persons the 
opportunity to present comments concerning the applicants. Commenters 
are encouraged to submit reasons and pertinent data for support or 
objection to the designation of the applicants. All comments must be 
submitted to the Compliance Division at the above address. Comments and 
other available information will be considered in making a final 
decision. GIPSA will publish notice of the final decision in the 
Federal Register, and GIPSA will send the applicants written 
notification of the decision.
    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.

    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. 97-31335 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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