66052 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 242 / Wednesday, December 17, 1997 / Notices

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before January 15, 1998.

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, 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.

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

Eastern Iowa, main office located in

Davenport, Iowa, to provide official

inspection services under the Act on

August 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 Eastern Iowa ends on July 31, 1998,

according to the Act.

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

the following geographic area, in the

States of Illinois and Iowa, is assigned

to Eastern Iowa.

The Southern Area

Bounded on the North, in Iowa, by

Interstate 80 from the western Iowa

County line east to State Route 38; State

Route 38 north to State Route 130; State

Route 130 east to Scott County; the

western and northern Scott County lines

east to the Mississippi River;

Bounded on the East, from the

Mississippi River, in Illinois, by the

eastern Rock Island County line; the

northern Henry and Bureau County

lines east to State Route 88; State Route

88 south; the southern Bureau County

line; the eastern and southern Henry

County lines; the eastern Knox County

line;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Knox County line; the eastern

and southern Warren County lines; the

southern Henderson County line west to

the Mississippi River; in Iowa, by the

southern Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson,

and Wapello County lines; and

Bounded on the West by the western

and northern Wapello County lines; the

western and northern Keokuk County

lines; the western Iowa County line

north to Interstate 80.

The Northern Area

Bounded on the North, in Iowa, by the

northern Delaware and Dubuque County

lines; in Illinois, by the northern Jo

Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago,

Boone, McHenry, and Lake County

lines;

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Illinois State line south to the northern

Will County line; the northern Will

County line west to Interstate 55;

Interstate 55 southwest to the southern

Dupage County line;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Dupage, Kendall, Dekalb, and

Lee County lines; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Lee and Ogle County lines; by the

southern Stephenson and Jo Daviess

County lines; in Iowa, by the southern

Dubuque and Delaware County lines;

and the western Delaware County line.

Eastern Iowa’s assigned geographic

area does not include the export port

locations inside Eastern Iowa’s area

which are serviced by GIPSA.

Interested persons, including Eastern

Iowa, are hereby given the opportunity

to apply for designation to provide

official services in the geographic area

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 Eastern

Iowa is for the period beginning August

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: December 10, 1997.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Changes to the

Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG)

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in North

Dakota, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of

FOTG in North Dakota for review and

comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

North Dakota to issue a series of new

and revised conservation practice

standards in Section IV of the FOTG.

These new standards include Cross

Wind Stripcropping (589B); Residue

Management, No-till and Strip Till

(329A); Prescribed Grazing (528A); and

Wildlife Watering Facility (648).

The revised standards are Field

Border (386) and Riparian Forest Buffer

(391A).

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before January 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Myron P. Senechal,

State Resource Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),

PO Box 1458, Bismarck, ND 58502–

1458. Copies of these standards will be

made available upon written request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law, to NRCS state

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law, shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days, the

NRCS in North Dakota will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period, a

determination will be made by the

NRCS of North Dakota regarding

disposition of those comments and a

final determination of changes will be

made.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Scott Hoag, Jr.,

State Conservationist, Bismarck, North

Dakota.

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