Agency designation actions: Illinois,

[Federal Register: April 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 62)]

[Notices]

[Page 15723]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Designation for the Central Illinois (IL) Area

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

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of Central Illinois Grain Inspection, Inc. (Central Illinois) to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-3604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart, at 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 October 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 52678), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the geographic area assigned to Central Illinois to submit an application for designation. Applications were due by October 30, 1998. There were two applicants: Central Illinois and Turner Grain Services, Inc. (Turner). Central Illinois applied for designation to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to them. Turner, currently operating an unofficial grain inspection business not designated by GIPSA under the authority of the Act, applied for designation to provide official services in a portion of the Central Illinois area. Turner applied for the area bounded on the North by Interstate 74; bounded on the East by Interstate 155; bounded on the South by Illinois Route 136; and bounded on the West by the western Tazewell County line, and the western Peoria County line north to Interstate 74.

The October 1, 1998, Federal Register also asked for comments on the services provided by Central Illinois. GIPSA did not receive any comments.

In the December 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 66118), GIPSA asked for comments on the applicants for the Central Illinois area. GIPSA received two comments by the deadline: both were from grain companies that said they were familiar with the services provided by Central Illinois and Turner, and both supported designation of both organizations.

GIPSA evaluated all available information regarding the designation criteria in Section 7(f)(1)(A) of the Act and, according to Section 7(f)(1)(B), determined that Central Illinois is better able to provide official services in the geographic area for which they applied.

Effective June 1, 1999, and ending May 31, 2002, Central Illinois is designated to provide official services in the Central Illinois geographic area specified in the October 1, 1998, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Central Illinois at 309-827-7121.

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

Dated: March 17, 1999. Neil E. Porter, Director, Compliance Division.

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