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[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 109 (Monday, June 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15111]

      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Designation Amendment for Kansas To Provide Official Services in 
the Denver (CO) Area

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 
(GIPSA), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Kansas Grain Inspection Service, Inc's. (Kansas), designation 
has been amended to include Colorado, and parts of Nebraska and 
Wyoming.

DATE: Effective on June 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 
Division, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Ave. 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 July 21, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 38971), GIPSA 
announced the designation of Kansas to provide official inspection 
services under the Act, effective September 1, 1997, and ending August 
31, 2000. Subsequently, Kansas asked GIPSA to amend their designation 
to include official services in Colorado and in parts of Nebraska and 
Wyoming, due to the purchase of the formerly designated corporation, 
Denver Grain Inspection. Section 7A(c)(2) of the Act authorizes GIPSA's 
Administrator to designate authority to perform official services 
within a specified geographic area, if such agency is qualified under 
Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act. GIPSA evaluated all available 
information regarding the designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of 
the Act, and determined that Kansas is qualified. GIPSA is announcing 
the change in Kansas' assigned geographic area, and that Kansas is the 
officially designated service provider in Colorado, and in parts of 
Nebraska and Wyoming. The Kansas designation now includes the following 
geographic area, in the States of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and 
Wyoming:
    The entire State of Colorado.
    The entire State of Kansas.
    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.
    In Wyoming:
    Goshen, Laramie, and Platte Counties.
    Kansas' assigned geographic area does not include the following 
grain elevators inside Kansas' 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.
    Effective June 1, 1998, and terminating August 31, 2000 (the end of 
Kansas' designation to provide official inspection services), Kansas' 
present geographic area is amended to include Colorado, and parts of 
Nebraska and Wyoming. Official services may be obtained by contacting 
Kansas at 913-296-3451.

    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).

    Dated: June 2, 1998.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 98-15111 Filed 6-5-98; 8:45 am]
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