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could have been raised at the draft stage

may be waived if not raised until after

completion of the final environmental

impact statement. City of Angoon v.

Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Circuit,

1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v.

Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.

Wis. 1980). The reason for this is to

ensure that substantive comments and

objections are made available to the

Forest Service at a time when it can

meaningfully consider them and

respond to them in the final.

Following the comment period on the

draft environmental impact statement,

comments will be analyzed, considered,

and responded to by the Forest Service

in preparing the final environmental

impact statement. The final

environmental impact statement is

scheduled to be completed by July 1997.

The responsible official will consider

the comments and responses;

environmental consequences discussed

in the environmental impact statement;

and applicable laws, regulations and

policies in making a decision regarding

this proposal. The decision and reasons

for the decision will be documented in

the Record of Decision.

Daniel K. Chisholm, Forest

Supervisor, Mendocino National Forest,

is the responsible official.

Dated May 22, 1996.

Daniel K. Chisholm,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 96–13517 Filed 5–29–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Designation for the Barton (KY) and

North Dakota (ND) Areas

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the

designation of J. W. Barton Grain

Inspection Service, Inc. (Barton), and

North Dakota Grain Inspection Service,

Inc. (North Dakota), to provide official

services under the United States Grain

Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

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 December 27, 1995, Federal

Register (60 FR 66958), GIPSA asked

persons interested in providing official

services in the geographic areas

assigned to Barton and North Dakota to

submit an application for designation.

Applications were due by January 30,

1996. Barton and North Dakota, the only

applicants, each applied for designation

to provide official inspection services in

the entire areas currently assigned to

them.

Since Barton and North Dakota were

the only applicants, GIPSA did not ask

for comments on the applicants.

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 Barton and North

Dakota are able to provide official

services in the geographic areas for

which they applied. Effective July 1,

1996, and ending June 30, 1999, Barton

and North Dakota are designated to

provide official services in the

geographic areas specified in the

December 27, 1995, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official

services by contacting Barton at 502–

683–0616 and North Dakota 701–293–

7420.

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

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

Dated: May 10, 1996

Neil E. Porter

Director, Compliance Division

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BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

Opportunity for Designation in the

Aberdeen (SD) Area and the State of

Missouri

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 Aberdeen Grain

Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen), and the

Missouri Department of Agriculture

(Missouri) will end November 30, 1996,

according to the Act, and GIPSA is

asking persons interested in providing

official services in the Aberdeen and

Missouri areas to submit an application

for designation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)

on or before June 29, 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

Aberdeen, main office located in

Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Missouri,

main office located in Jefferson City,

Missouri, to provide official inspection

services under the Act on December 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 Aberdeen and Missouri end on

November 30, 1996.

Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the

USGSA, the following geographic area,

in the States of North Dakota and South

Dakota, is assigned to Aberdeen.

Bounded on the North by U.S. Route

12 east to State Route 22; State Route 22

north to the Burlington-Northern (BN)

line; the Burlington-Northern (BN) line

east to State Route 21; State Route 21

east to State Route 49; State Route 49

south to the North Dakota-South Dakota

State line; the North Dakota-South

Dakota State line east to U.S. Route 83;

U.S. Route 83 north to State Route 13;

State Route 13 east and north to

McIntosh County; the northern