[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19253-19254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10651]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opportunity for Designation in the Hastings (NE) Area and the 
State of New York

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 Hastings Grain 
Inspection, Inc. (Hastings), and the New York State Department of 
Agriculture and Markets (New York) will end October 31, 1996, according 
to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing 
official services in the Hastings and New York areas to submit an 
application for designation.

DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
or before May 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'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 
Hastings, main office located in Hastings, Nebraska, and New York, main 
office located in Albany, New York, to provide official inspection 
services under the Act on November 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 Hastings and New York end on October 31, 
1996.
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, in the State of Nebraska, is assigned to Hastings.
    Bounded on the North by the northern Nebraska State line from the 
western Sioux County line east to the eastern Knox County line;
    Bounded on the East by the eastern and southern Knox County lines; 
the eastern Antelope County line; the northern Madison County line east 
to U.S. Route 81; U.S. Route 81 south to the southern Madison County 
line; the southern Madison County line; the eastern Boone, Nance, and 
Merrick County lines; the Platte River southwest; the eastern Hamilton 
County line; the northern and eastern Fillmore County lines; the 
southern Fillmore County line west to U.S. Route 81; U.S. Route 81 
south to State Highway 8; State Highway 8 west to the County Road 1 
mile west of U.S. Route 81; the County Road south to southern Nebraska 
State line;
    Bounded on the South by the southern Nebraska State line, from the 
County Road 1 mile west of U.S. Route 81, west to the western Dundy 
County line; and
    Bounded on the West by the western Dundy, Chase, Perkins, and Keith 
County lines; the southern and western Garden County lines; the 
southern Morrill County line west to U.S. Route 385; U.S. Route 385 
north to the southern Box Butte County line; the southern and western 
Sioux County lines north to the northern Nebraska State line.
    The following grain elevators, located outside of the above 
contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area 
assignment: Farmers Coop, and Big Springs Elevator, both in Big 
Springs, Deuel County (located inside Denver Grain Inspection's area); 
and Farmers Cooperative Grain Company, Columbus, Platte County (located 
inside Fremont Grain Inspection Department, Inc.'s, area).
    Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the USGSA, the following geographic 
area, the entire State of New York, except those export port locations 
within the State which are serviced by FGIS, is assigned to New York.
    Interested persons, including Hastings and New York, 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 specified geographic areas is for 
the period beginning November 1, 1996, and ending October 31, 1999. 
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 18, 1996.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 96-10651 Filed 4-30-96; 8:45 am]
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