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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 242

Wednesday, December 17, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Eastern Washington Cascades

Provincial Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of upcoming meeting.

SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington

Cascades Provincial Advisory

Committee will meet on January 29,

1998, in the River Room at Campbell’s

Conference Center, 104 W. Woodin,

Chelan, Washington. The meeting will

begin at 9:00 and end at 3:00 p.m. This

meeting will focus on Forest Plan

monitoring, management of Late

Successful Reserves, and management

of noxious weeds. All Eastern

Washington Cascades Province

Advisory Committee meetings are open

to the public. Interested citizens are

welcome to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National

Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee,

Washington 98801, 509–662–4335.

Dated: December 3, 1997.

Sonny J. O’Neal,

Forest Supervisor, Wenatchee National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 97–32855 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Yakima Provincial Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of upcoming meeting.

SUMMARY: The Yakima Provincial

Advisory Committee will meet on

January 28, 1998, at the Cle Elum

Ranger District office, 803 W. 2nd

Street, Cle Elum, Washington. The

meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end

at 3:00 p.m. The meeting will focus on

watershed restoration, Snoqualmie Pass

Adaptive Management Area, and an

update on Naches Ranger District

projects. All Yakima Province Advisory

Committee meetings are open to the

public. Interested citizens are welcome

to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National

Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee,

Washington 98801, 509–662–4335.

Dated: December 3, 1997.

Sonny J. O’Neal,

Forest Supervisor, Wenatchee National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 97–32856 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Designation for the Northeast Indiana

Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the

designation of Northeast Indiana Grain

Inspection (Northeast Indiana) to

provide official services under the

United States Grain Standards Act, as

amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 1998.

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, at 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 August 21, 1997, Federal

Register (62 FR 44439), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the Northeast Indiana area,

currently assigned to East Indiana Grain

Inspection, Inc., to submit an

application for designation. There was

one applicant: Northeast Indiana Grain

Inspection, a proposed organization to

be established by Steve Walker to be

located at Hoagland, Indiana, applied

for designation to provide official

services in the Northeast Indiana region.

In the November 3, 1997, Federal

Register (62 FR 59340), GIPSA asked for

comments on the applicant for the

Northeast Indiana region. Comments

were due by December 2, 1997. GIPSA

received no comments by the deadline.

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 Northeast Indiana is

able to provide official services in the

Northeast Indiana area.

Effective January 1, 1998, and ending

December 31, 2000, Northeast Indiana is

designated to provide official services in

the geographic area specified in the

August 21, 1997, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by contacting Northeast Indiana

at 219–639–6390.

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

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

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–32901 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Eastern Iowa (IA) Area

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 Eastern Iowa Grain

Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc.

(Eastern Iowa), will end July 31, 1998,

according to the Act. GIPSA is asking

persons interested in providing official

services in the Eastern Iowa area to

submit an application for designation.