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3. Request for Comments

GIPSA also is publishing this notice

to provide interested persons the

opportunity to present comments on the

East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus official

agencies. Commenters are encouraged to

submit pertinent data concerning the

East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus official

agencies including information on the

timeliness, cost, quality, and scope of

services provided. All comments must

be submitted to the Compliance

Division at the above address.

Applications, comments, 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: November 16, 2000.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 00–30499 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

[00–02–S]

Designation for the Minnesota,

Virginia, Frankfort (IN), and

Indianapolis (IN) Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation

of the following organizations to

provide official services under the

United States Grain Standards Act, as

amended (Act):

• Minnesota Department of

Agriculture (Minnesota);

• Virginia Department of Agriculture

and Consumer Services (Virginia);

• Frankfort Grain Inspection, Inc.

(Frankfort); and

• Indianapolis Grain Inspection and

Weighing Service, Inc. (Indianapolis).

EFFECTIVE DATES: January 1, 2001 for

Minnesota; February 1, 2001 for

Virginia; and March 1, 2001 for

Frankfort and Indianapolis.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail

janhart@gipsadc.usda.gov.

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 March 1, 2000, Federal Register

(65 FR 11036), GIPSA asked persons

interested in providing official services

in the geographic areas assigned to

Minnesota to submit an application for

designation. Applications were due by

March 30, 2000. In the June 1, 2000,

Federal Register (65 FR 35044), GIPSA

asked persons interested in providing

official services in the geographic areas

assigned to Virginia, Frankfort, and

Indianapolis to submit an application

for designation. Applications were due

by June 30, 2000.

Each was the sole applicant for

designation to provide official services

in the entire area currently assigned to

them, so GIPSA did not ask for

comments on the applicants.

GIPSA evaluated all available

information regarding the designation

criteria in section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act

and, according to section 7(f)(1)(B),

determined that each official agency is

able to provide official services in the

geographic areas, specified in the March

1, 2000 and June 1, 2000 Federal

Registers, for which they applied.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by calling the telephone

numbers listed below.

Official agency Designation

start

Designation

end Telephone

Minnesota .................................................................................................................................... 01/01/2001 09/30/01 612–341–7190

Virginia ......................................................................................................................................... 02/01/2001 12/31/2003 757–494–2464

Frankfort ....................................................................................................................................... 03/01/2000 12/31/2003 765–258–3624

Indianapolis .................................................................................................................................. 03/01/2000 12/31/2003 317–899–2337

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

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

Dated: November 16, 2000.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

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BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to the

Natural Resources Conservation

Service—Arizona’s Section IV of the

Field Office Technical Guide

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the NRCS Arizona

Section IV of the Field Office Technical

Guide for review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS

Arizona to issue a series of new

conservation practice standards in its

Section IV of the Field Office Technical

Guide. These new standards include

Nutrient Management (Code 590) and

Waste Management System (Code 312).

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before January 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Noller Herbert,

Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), 3003 N. Central Ave., Suite 800,

Phoenix, AZ, 85012–2945.

Copies of these standards are

available from the NRCS, attention:

Noller Herbert, 3003 N. Central Avenue,

Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85012–2945 or

can be downloaded from the NRCS

Arizona ftp site: ftp://ftp.az.nrcs.

usda.gov/fotg/sec4/draft.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture