[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18084-18085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9574]


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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.

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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

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U.S. Route 41 and State Route 814) Counties, Kentucky.
    Cheatham, Davidson, and Robertson Counties, Tennessee.
    Interested persons, including Arkansas, Los Angeles, and Ohio 
Valley, 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 Arkansas, Los 
Angeles, and Ohio Valley areas is for the period beginning November 1, 
1997, and ending October 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.)

    Dated: April 8, 1997
Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 97-9574 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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