18084 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 71 / Monday, April 14, 1997 / Notices

Thursday, May 15, 1997—7:00–9:00

p.m.

Mesa Community Center, 201 Center St.,

Palo Verde 1 Room, Mesa, AZ 85211

Michael A. Taylor,

Manager, BLM Phoenix Field Office.

Judith A. Miller,

Deputy Forest Supervisor, Tonto National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 97–9620 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Hen Moose Timber Sale, Willamette

National Forest, Linn County, Oregon

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation Notice.

SUMMARY: On May 13, 1991, a Notice of

Intent (NOI) to prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the Hen Moose Timber Sale on the

Sweet Home Ranger District of the

Willamette National Forest was

published in the Federal Register (56

FR 21985) and revised November 19,

1992 (57 FR 54563). A draft EIS was

released for public comment December

1992. A Notice of Availability for the

draft EIS was published in the Federal

Register on December 11, 1992 (57 FR

58805). Forest Service has decided to

cancel the environmental analysis

process. There will be no final EIS for

the Hen Moose Timber Sale. The NOI is

hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this

Cancellation to Donna Short, Integrated

Resource Management Assistant, Sweet

Home Ranger District, 3225 Highway 20,

Sweet Home, Oregon 97386, or phone

(541) 367–5168.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Darrel Kenops,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–9513 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation in the

Arkansas (AR), Los Angeles (CA), and

Ohio Valley (IN) 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 Arkansas Grain

Inspection Service (Arkansas), Los

Angeles Grain Inspection Service, Inc.

(Los Angeles), and Ohio Valley Grain

Inspection, Inc. (Ohio Valley), will end

October 31, 1997, according to the Act.

GIPSA is asking persons interested in

providing official services in the

Arkansas, Los Angeles, and Ohio Valley

areas to submit an application for

designation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before May 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

Arkansas, main office located in Little

Rock, Arkansas; Los Angeles, main

office located in Los Angeles, California;

and Ohio Valley, main office located in

Newburgh, Indiana, to provide official

inspection services under the Act on

November 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 Arkansas, Los Angeles, and Ohio

Valley end on October 31, 1997,

according to the Act.

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

the following geographic area, in the

States of Arkansas and Texas, is

assigned to Arkansas.

In Arkansas:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Arkansas State line from the western

Benton County line east to the eastern

Clay County line,

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Clay, Greene, Lawrence, Jackson,

Woodruff, Monroe, Arkansas, Desha,

and Chicot County lines;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Arkansas State line from the

eastern Chicot County line west to the

western Miller County line; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Arkansas State line from the southern

Miller County line north to the northern

Benton County line.

Bowie and Cass Counties, Texas.

Arkansas’ assigned geographic area

does not include the following grain

elevator inside Arkansas’ area which

has been and will continue to be

serviced by the following official

agency: Memphis Grain Inspection

Service: Lockhart-Coleman Grain

Company, Augusta, Woodruff County,

Arkansas.

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

the following geographic area, in the

State of California, is assigned to Los

Angeles.

Bounded on the North by the Angeles

National Forest southern boundary from

State Route 2 east; the San Bernadino

National Forest southern boundary east

to State Route 79;

Bounded on the East by State Route

79 south to State Route 74;

Bounded on the South by State Route

74 west-southwest to Interstate 5;

Interstate 5 northwest to Interstate 405;

Interstate 405 northwest to State Route

55; State Route 55 northeast to Interstate

5; Interstate 5 northwest to State Route

91; State Route 91 west to State Route

11; and

Bounded on the West by State Route

11 north to U.S. Route 66; U.S. Route 66

west to Interstate 210; Interstate 210

northwest to State Route 2; State Route

2 north to the Angeles National Forest

boundary.

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

the following geographic area, in the

States of Indiana, Kentucky, and

Tennessee, is assigned to Ohio Valley.

Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox (except

the area west of U.S. Route 41 (150)

from Sullivan County south to U.S.

Route 50), Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh,

and Warrick Counties, Indiana.

Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden,

Henderson, Hopkins (west of State

Route 109 south of the Western

Kentucky Parkway), Logan, Todd,

Union, and Webster (west of Alternate