Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Notices 6167

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 15th day

of January, 1997.

Barry R. McCaffrey,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–3334 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3180–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

California Coast Province Advisory

Committee (PAC)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The California Coast Province

Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet

from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on February

26, 1997, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

February 27, 1997, at the Six Rivers

National Forest Supervisor’s Office

Conference Room, 1330 Bayshore Way,

Eureka, CA. Agenda items to be covered

include: (1) Survey and Manage species

information presentation; (2) Province

impacts of fish species listed/potentially

listed as Threatened or Endangered; (3)

Report and recommendations from

Public/Private Subcommittee (4) Report

and recommendations from Monitoring

Subcommittee; (5) Report and

recommendations from Work on the

Ground Subcommittee; (6) Agency

updates; (7) North Coast Environmental

Center presentation; (8) Agency reports

on December/January flood and storm

damage on federal lands in the

Province; (9) Update on Headwaters

Forest; (10) USFWS request for

proposals for restoration projects; and

(11) Open public forum. All California

Coast Province Advisory Committee

meetings are open to the public.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Daniel Chisholm, USDA, Forest

Supervisor, Mendocino National Forest,

825 N. Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA,

95988, (916) 934–3316 or Phebe Brown,

Province Coordinator, USDA,

Mendocino National Forest, 825 N.

Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA 95988,

(916) 934–3316.

Dated: February 2, 1997.

Daniel K. Chisholm,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–3264 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–FK–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Jamestown (ND) 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 Grain Inspection, Inc.

(Jamestown), will end July 31, 1997,

according to the Act. In the January 2,

1997 Federal Register (62 FR 91),

GIPSA asked for applications from

persons interested in providing official

services in the Jamestown area.

Applications were due on or before

January 31, 1997; no applications were

received. GIPSA is again asking for

applications from persons interested in

providing official services in the

Jamestown area.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before March 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, 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’ 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

Jamestown, main office located in

Jamestown, North Dakota, to provide

official inspection services under the

Act on August 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 Jamestown ends on July 31, 1997,

according to the Act.

Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the

USGSA, the following geographic area,

in the State of North Dakota, is assigned

to Jamestown.

Bounded on the North by Interstate 94

east to U.S. Route 85; U.S. Route 85

north to State Route 200; State Route

200 east to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83

southeast to State Route 41; State Route

41 north to State Route 200; State Route

200 east to State Route 3; State Route 3

north to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52

southeast to State Route 15; State Route

15 east to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route

281 south to Foster County; the northern

Foster County line; the northern Griggs

County line east to State Route 32;

Bounded on the East by State Route

32 south to State Route 45; State Route

45 south to State Route 200; State Route

200 west to State Route 1; State Route

1 south to the Soo Railroad line; the Soo

Railroad line southeast to Interstate 94;

Interstate 94 west to State Route 1; State

Route 1 south to the Dickey County line;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Dickey County line west to

U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north to

the Lamoure County line; the southern

Lamoure County line; the southern

Logan County line west to State Route

l3; State Route l3 west to U.S. Route 83;

U.S. Route 83 south to the Emmons

County line; the southern Emmons

County line; the southern Sioux County

line west State Route 49; State Route 49

north to State Route 21; State Route 21

west to the Burlington-Northern (BN)

line; the Burlington-Northern (BN) line

northwest to State Route 22; State Route

22 south to U.S. Route 12; U.S. Route 12

west-northwest to the North Dakota

State line; and

Bounded on the West by the western

North Dakota State line north to

Interstate 94.

The following grain elevators, located

outside of the above contiguous

geographic area, are part of this

geographic area assignment: Farmers

Coop Elevator, Fessenden, Farmers

Union Elevator, and Manfred Grain,

both in Manfred, all in Wells County

(located inside Grand Forks Grain

Inspection Department, Inc.’s, area); and

Norway Spur, and Oakes Grain, both in

Oakes, Dickey County (located inside

North Dakota Grain Inspection Service,

Inc.’s, area).

Jamestown’s assigned geographic area

does not include the following grain

elevators inside Jamestown’s area which

have been and will continue to be