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and trapping for avocado pests and fruit

flies by Mexican plant health officials.

Registration: Growers and

packinghouse operators participating in

this program must register with the

Mexican Ministry of Agriculture’s

avocado export program. Registration

ensures that participating orchards and

packinghouses are adhering to a specific

set of APHIS requirements.

Infestation Information: If certain

plant pests are detected in a

participating orchard, packinghouse, or

municipality, the Mexican Ministry of

Agriculture must supply us with

information concerning the

circumstances of the infestation and the

pest risk mitigation measures that are

being implemented.

Seals: Boxes of avocados must be

placed in a refrigerated truck or

refrigerated container and remain there

while in transit through Mexico to the

port of first arrival in the United States.

Before leaving the packinghouse, a

representative from the Mexican

Ministry of Agriculture must secure the

truck or container with a seal that must

remain unbroken until arriving in the

United States.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning these

information collection activities. We

need this outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the information

collection is necessary for the proper

performance of our agency’s functions,

including whether the information will

have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our

estimate of the burden of the

information collection, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

information collection on those who are

to respond, through the use, as

appropriate, of automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 0.0002 hours per

response.

Respondents: U.S. importers, growers

and packinghouse operators in Mexico,

Mexican plant protection authorities.

Estimated number of respondents:

157.

Estimated number of responses per

respondent: 51,130.

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents: 3,098.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of

March 1997.

Donald W. Luchsinger,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–8174 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Minot (ND), Southern Illinois (IL), and

Tri-State (OH) Areas

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

designations of Minot Grain Inspection,

Inc. (Minot), Southern Illinois Grain

Inspection Service, Inc. (Southern

Illinois), and Tri-State Grain Inspection

Service, Inc. (Tri-State), will end

September 30, 1997, according to the

Act. GIPSA is asking persons interested

in providing official services in the

Minot, Southern Illinois, and Tri-State

areas to submit an application for

designation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before April 30, 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

Minot, main office located in Minot,

North Dakota; Southern Illinois, main

office located in O’Fallon, Illinois; and

Tri-State, main office located in

Cincinnati, Ohio, to provide official

inspection services under the Act on

October 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 Minot, Southern Illinois, and TriState end on September 30, 1997,

according to the Act.

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

the following geographic area, in the

State of North Dakota, is assigned to

Minot.

Bounded on the North by the North

Dakota State line east to State Route 14;

Bounded on the East by State Route

14 south to State Route 5; State Route

5 east to State Route 60; State Route 60

southeast to State Route 3; State Route

3 south to State Route 200;

Bounded on the South by State Route

200 west to State Route 41; State Route

41 south to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83

northwest to State Route 200; State

Route 200 west to U.S. Route 85; U.S.

Route 85 south to Interstate 94;

Interstate 94 west to the North Dakota

State line; and

Bounded on the West by the North

Dakota State line.

The following grain elevators, located

outside of the above contiguous

geographic area, are part of this

geographic area assignment: Harvey

Farmers Elevator, Harvey, Wells County

(located inside Grand Forks Grain

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

Benson Quinn Company, Underwood,

and Missouri Valley Grain Company,

Washburn, all in McLean County

(located inside Grain Inspection, Inc.’s,

area).

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

the following geographic area, in the

State of Illinois, is assigned to Southern

Illinois.

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Cumberland County line; the eastern

Jasper County line south to State Route

33; State Route 33 east-southeast to the

Indiana-Illinois State line; the IndianaIllinois State line south to the southern

Gallatin County line;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Gallatin, Saline, and

Williamson County lines; the southern

Jackson County line west to U.S. Route
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51; U.S. Route 51 north to State Route

13; State Route 13 northwest to State

Route 149; State Route 149 west to State

Route 3; State Route 3 northwest to

State Route 51; State Route 51 south to

the Mississippi River;

Bounded on the West by the

Mississippi River north to Interstate

270; Interstate 270 east to Interstate 70;

Interstate 70 east to State Route 4; State

Route 4 north to Macoupin County; the

southern Macoupin County line; the

eastern Macoupin County line north to

a point on this line which intersects

with a straight line, from the junction of

State Route 111 and the northern

Macoupin County line to the junction of

Interstate 55 and State Route 16 (in

Montgomery County); and

Bounded on the North from this point

southeast along the straight line to the

junction of Interstate 55 and State Route

16; State Route 16 east-northeast to a

point approximately 1 mile northeast of

Irving; a straight line from this point to

the northern Fayette County line; the

northern Fayette, Effingham, and

Cumberland County lines.

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

the following geographic area, in the

States of Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio,

is assigned to Tri-State.

Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Ohio,

Ripley, Rush (south of State Route 244),

and Switzerland Counties, Indiana.

Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Bracken,

Campbell, Clark, Fleming, Gallatin,

Grant, Harrison, Kenton, Lewis (west of

State Route 59), Mason, Montgomery,

Nicholas, Owen, Pendleton, and

Robertson Counties, Kentucky.

In Ohio:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Preble County line east; the western and

northern Miami County lines east to

State Route 296; State Route 296 east to

State Route 560; State Route 560 south

to the Clark County line; the northern

Clark County line east to U.S. Route 68;

Bounded on the East by U.S. Route 68

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

east to State Route 73; State Route 73

southeast to the Adams County line; the

eastern Adams County line;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Adams, Brown, Clermont, and

Hamilton County lines; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Hamilton, Butler, and Preble County

lines.

Interested persons, including Minot,

Southern Illinois, and Tri-State, 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 Minot,

Southern Illinois, and Tri-State areas is

for the period beginning October 1,

1997, and ending September 30, 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.)

Dated: March 12, 1997.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7741 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

Designations for the Lincoln (NE),

Memphis (TN), and Omaha (NE), Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the

designation of Lincoln Inspection

Service, Inc. (Lincoln), Memphis Grain

Inspection Service (Memphis), and

Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.

(Omaha), to provide official services

under the United States Grain Standards

Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance

Division, STOP 3604, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–3604.

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.

In the October 22, 1996, Federal

Register (61 FR 54760), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the geographic areas

assigned to Lincoln, Memphis, and

Omaha to submit an application for

designation. Applications were due by

December 2, 1996. Lincoln, Memphis,

and Omaha, the only applicants, each

applied for designation to provide

official services in the entire area

currently assigned to them.

Since Lincoln, Memphis, and Omaha

were the only applicants for the

respective areas, GIPSA did not ask for

comments on the applicants.

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 Lincoln, Memphis, and

Omaha are able to provide official

services in the geographic areas for

which they applied. Effective May 1,

1997, and ending April 30, 2000,

Lincoln and Omaha are designated to

provide official services in the

geographic areas specified in the

October 22, 1996, Federal Register.

Effective June 1, 1997, and ending April

30, 2000, Memphis is designated to

provide official services in the

geographic area specified in the October

22, 1996, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by contacting Lincoln at 402–

435–4386, Memphis at 901–942–3216,

and Omaha at 402–341–6739.

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

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

Dated: March 12, 1997.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–7742 Filed 3–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

Manufacturers’ Shipments,

Inventories, and Orders (M3) Survey

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 2, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to Stephen Andrews, Bureau of

the Census, FOB #4 Room 2102,

Washington, DC 20233–6913, (301) 457–

4602.