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Notices Federal Register

11952

Vol. 60, No. 42

Friday, March 3, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service

Meeting of Advisory Committee on

Emerging Democracies

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the third meeting of the Advisory

Committee on Emerging Democracies

will be held March 23–24, 1995. The

purpose of the committee is to provide

information and advice, based upon

knowledge and expertise of the

members, useful to the U.S. Department

of Agriculture (USDA) in implementing

the program on sharing agricultural

expertise with emerging democracies.

The committee will also advise USDA

on ways to increase the involvement of

the U.S. private sector in cooperative

work with emerging democracies in

food and rural business systems.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Thursday, March 23, 1995 from 9:00

a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Friday, March 24

from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Both

meetings will be held at the U.S.

Department of Agriculture in

Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

minutes of the meeting announced in

this Notice shall be available for review.

The meeting is open to the public and

members of the public may provide

comments in writing to Douglas

Freeman, Foreign Agricultural Service,

room 6506 South Building, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, 14th and

Independence Ave. SW., Washington,

DC 20250, but should not make any oral

comments at the meeting unless invited

to do so by the Co-chairpersons.

Signed at Washington, DC, February 24,

1995.

Timothy J. Galvin,

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–5283 Filed 3–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M

Forest Service

Mono Tunnel Geothermal Lease Area

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation notice.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service has

withdrawn its proposal to complete an

Environmental Impact Statement on a

proposal to lease geothermal resources

on the Mono Lake Ranger District, Inyo

National Forest, Mono County,

California. The preparation of an

environmental impact statement for this

proposal is cancelled.

The Notice of Intent, published in the

Federal Register on October 14, 1993, is

hereby rescinded (58 FR 53185).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions about the proposed

action and environmental impact

statement to John Schuyler, Forest

Planner, Inyo National Forest, Bishop,

California, 93514, phone 619–873–2544.

Dated: February 22, 1995.

Leigh S. Beck,

Acting Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 95–5199 Filed 3–2–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Request for Comments on the Need for

Official Services in the South Texas

Region, and Request for Applications

for Designation to Provide Official

Services in the South Texas (TX)

Region Under a Pilot Program

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA has received several

inquiries regarding designation of an

organization to provide official services

in South Texas. GIPSA is requesting

comments on the need for official

inspection services in South Texas.

GIPSA is proposing to designate more

than one official agency under a pilot

program to provide official services in

the South Texas region. GIPSA also is

requesting persons interested in

providing official services in South

Texas under a pilot program to submit

an application for designation.

DATES: Applications and comments

must be postmarked on or sent by

telecopier (FAX) by March 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Applications and comments

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 and comments to the

automatic telecopier machine at 202–

720–1015, attention: Janet M. Hart. If an

application is submitted by telecopier,

GIPSA reserves the right to request an

original application. All applications

and comments will be made available

for public inspection at this address at

1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,

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 United States

Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act),

authorizes GIPSA’S Administrator, after

determining that there is sufficient need

for official services, to designate a

qualified applicant to provide official

services in a specified area after

determining that the applicant is

qualified and is better able than any

other applicant to provide such official

services.

Sections 7(f) and 7A of the Act were

amended by the U.S. Grain Standards

Act Amendments of 1993 (Public Law

103–156) on November 24, 1993, to

authorize FGIS’ Administrator to

conduct pilot programs allowing more

than one official agency to provide

official services within a single

geographic area without undermining

the declared policy of the Act. The

purpose of the pilot programs is to

evaluate the feasibility and impact of

allowing more than one official agency

to provide official services within a

single geographic area.