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Notices Federal Register

9412

Vol. 62, No. 41

Monday, March 3, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Denver (CO) and East Indiana (IN)

Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA),

USDA.

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

designations of Denver Grain Inspection

(Denver) and East Indiana Grain

Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana), will end

August 31, 1997, according to the Act.

GIPSA is asking persons interested in

providing official services in the Denver

and East Indiana areas to submit an

application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before April 1, 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’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

Denver, main office located in

Commerce City, Colorado, and East

Indiana, main office located in Muncie,

Indiana, to provide official inspection

services under the Act on September 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 designations

of Denver and East Indiana end on

August 31, 1997.

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

the following geographic area, in the

States of Colorado, Nebraska, and

Wyoming, is assigned to Denver.

The entire State of Colorado.

In Nebraska:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Scotts Bluff County line; the northern

Morrill County line east to Highway

385;

Bounded on the East by Highway 385

south to the northern Cheyenne County

line; the northern and eastern Cheyenne

County lines; the northern and eastern

Deuel County lines;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Deuel, Cheyenne, and Kimball

County lines; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Kimball, Banner, and Scotts Bluff

County lines.

Goshen, Laramie, and Platte Counties,

Wyoming.

Denver’s assigned geographic area

does not include the following grain

elevators inside Denver’s area which

have been and will continue to be

serviced by the following official

agency: Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc.:

Farmers Coop, and Big Springs Elevator,

both in Big Springs, Deuel County,

Nebraska.

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

the following geographic area, in the

States of Indiana and Ohio, is assigned

to East Indiana.

In Indiana:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Lagrange and Steuben County lines;

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Steuben, De Kalb, Allen, Adams, Jay,

Randolph, Wayne, and Union County

lines;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Union and Fayette County

lines; the eastern Rush County line

south to State Route 244; State Route

244 west to the Rush County line; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Rush and Henry County lines; the

southern Madison County line west to

State Route 13; State Route 13 north to

State Route 132; State Route 132

northwest to Madison County; the

western and northern Madison County

lines; the northern Delaware County

line; the western Blackford County line

north to State Route 18; State Route 18

west to County Highway 900E; County

Highway 900E north to Huntington

County; the southern Huntington and

Wabash County lines; the western

Wabash County line north to State

Route 114; State Route 114 northwest to

State Route 19; State Route 19 north to

Kosciusko County; the western and

northern Kosciusko County lines; the

western Noble and Lagrange County

lines.

Darke County, Ohio.

The following grain elevator, located

outside of the above contiguous

geographic area, is part of this

geographic area assignment: Payne

Cooperative Association, Payne,

Paulding County, Ohio (located inside

Lima Grain Inspection Service, Inc.’s,

area).

Interested persons, including Denver

and East Indiana, 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 Denver and East

Indiana geographic areas is for the

period beginning September 1, 1997,

and ending August 31, 2000. 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.)
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 41 / Monday, March 3, 1997 / Notices 9413

Dated: February 14, 1997

Neil E. Porter

Director, Compliance Division

[FR Doc. 97–4934 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Alabama

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Alabama, U.S. Department of

Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Alabama for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Alabama to issue a new conservation

practice standard Agrichemical

Handling Facility, (Code 190); and a

revised conservation practice standard

Waste Storage Facility, (Code 313) in

Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before April 2, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Ronnie D. Murphy,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), 665

Opelika Road, P.O. Box 311, Auburn,

AL 36830. Copies of the practice

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 Alabama will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Alabama regarding disposition

of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

Robert N. Jones,

Deputy State Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Auburn,

Alabama.

[FR Doc. 97–4900 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3411–29–M

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Colorado Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Colorado Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 8:30 a.m.

and adjourn at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday,

March 27, 1997, at the Lincoln Center,

417 W. Magnolia Street, Fort Collins,

Colorado 80521. The purpose of the

meeting is to hold a forum on civil

rights issues in Fort Collins.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Joseph F.

Arcese, 303–556–3139, or John Dulles,

Director of the Rocky Mountain

Regional Office, 303–866–1400 (TDD

303–866–1049). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, February 21,

1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–5093 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Oklahoma Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 8:00 a.m.

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on March 26,

1997, at the Clarion Hotel, 4345 North

Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma 73105. The purpose of the

meeting is to hold a community forum

on how to file various civil rights

complaints.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Melvin L. Jenkins, Director of the

Central Regional Office, 913–551–1400

(TDD 913–551–1414). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, February 21,

1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–5094 Filed 2–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Initiation of Antidumping and

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Reviews and Request for Revocation

in Part

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty

Administrative Reviews and Request for

Revocation in Part.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) has received requests

to conduct administrative reviews of

various antidumping and countervailing

duty orders and findings with January

anniversary dates. In accordance with

the Department’s regulations, we are

initiating those administrative reviews.

The Department also received a request

to revoke one antidumping duty order

in part.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Holly A. Kuga, Office of AD/CVD

Enforcement, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone:

(202) 482–4737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Department has received timely

requests, in accordance with 19 CFR

353.22(a) and 355.22(a)(1994), for

administrative reviews of various

antidumping and countervailing duty

orders and findings with January

anniversary dates. The Department also

received a timely request to revoke in

part the antidumping duty order on

brass sheet and strip from Canada.

Initiation of Reviews

In accordance with sections 19 CFR

353.22(c) and 355.22(c), we are