66958 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 1995 / Notices

Recommendations for revising

standards and guides for large woody

material; (2) Local area issues

presentation; (3) Public forum. All

Province Advisory Committee meetings

are open to the public, interested

citizens are encouraged to attend; and

(4) Monitoring Subcommittee report.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Kurt Austermann, Province Advisory

Committee Staff, USDI, Medford

District, Bureau of Land Management,

3040 Biddle Rd., Medford, Oregon

97504, phone 541–770–2200.

Dated: December 18, 1995.

James T. Gladen,

Forest Supervisor, Designated Federal

Official.

[FR Doc. 95–31340 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Designation for the Alton (IL),

Columbus (OH), and Farwell (TX) Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the

designation of Alton Grain Inspection

Department (Alton), Columbus Grain

Inspection, Inc. (Columbus), and

Farwell Grain Inspection, Inc. (Farwell),

to provide official services under the

United States Grain Standards Act, as

amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATES: April 1, 1996, for

Alton; March 1, 1996, for Columbus;

and February 1, 1996, for Farwell.

ADDRESSES: Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review

Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA,

USDA, Room 1647 South Building, P.O.

Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090–

6454.

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 August 1, 1995, Federal

Register (60 FR 39147), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the geographic areas

assigned to Alton, Columbus, and

Farwell to submit an application for

designation. Applications were due by

August 30, 1995. There were four

applicants: Alton, Columbus, and

Farwell each applied for designation to

provide official inspection services in

the entire areas currently assigned to

them; California Department of Food

and Agriculture, applied for the Yuma

County, Arizona, portion of the Farwell

area.

GIPSA requested comments on the

applicants in the September 29, 1995,

Federal Register (60 FR 50542).

Comments were due by October 30,

1995. GIPSA received no comments by

the deadline.

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 Alton and Columbus

are able to provide official services in

the geographic areas for which they

applied, and that Farwell is better able

to provide official services in the

geographic area for which they applied.

Effective April 1, 1996, and ending

January 31, 1999, Alton is designated to

provide official inspection services in

the geographic area specified in the June

1, 1995, Federal Register. Effective

March 1, 1996, and ending January 31,

1999, Columbus is designated to

provide official inspection services in

the geographic area specified in the June

1, 1995, Federal Register. Effective

February 1, 1996, and ending January

31, 1999, Farwell is designated to

provide official inspection services in

the geographic area specified in the June

1, 1995, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by contacting Alton at 314–

838–1961, Columbus at 614–474–3519,

and Farwell at 806–481–9052.

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

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

Dated: December 18, 1995

Neil E. Porter

Director, Compliance Division

[FR Doc. 95–31270 Filed 12–26–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

Opportunity for Designation in the

Barton (KY) and North Dakota (ND)

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 J. W. Barton Grain

Inspection Service, Inc. (Barton), and

North Dakota Grain Inspection Service,

Inc. (North Dakota), will end June 30,

1996, according to the Act, and GIPSA

is asking persons interested in providing

official services in the Barton and North

Dakota areas to submit an application

for designation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before January 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to Janet M. Hart, Chief,

Review Branch, Compliance Division,

GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South

Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington,

DC 20090–6454. Telecopier (FAX) users

may send applications to the automatic

telecopier machine at 202–690–2755,

attention: Janet M. Hart. If an

application is submitted by telecopier,

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’ 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

Barton, main office located in

Owensboro, Kentucky, and North

Dakota, main office located in Fargo,

North Dakota, to provide official

inspection services under the Act on

July 1, 1993. 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 Barton and North

Dakota end on June 30, 1996.

The geographic area presently

assigned to Barton, in the States of

Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee,

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

which may be assigned to the applicant

selected for designation is as follows:

In Indiana: Clark, Crawford, Floyd,

Harrison, Jackson, Jennings, Jefferson,

Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Scott,

Spencer, and Washington Counties.

In Kentucky: Bounded on the North

by the northern Daviess, Hancock,

Breckinridge, Meade, Hardin, Jefferson,

Oldham, Trimble, and Carroll County

lines;