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[Federal Register: October 1, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 190)]

[Notices]

[Page 52681]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Designation for the Amarillo (TX), Fostoria (OH), Schaal (IA), and Wisconsin Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act): Amarillo Grain Exchange, Inc. (Amarillo); Fostoria Grain Inspection, Inc. (Fostoria); D.R. Schaal Agency, Inc. (Schaal) and; Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (Wisconsin).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1998.

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 June 1, 1998, Federal Register (63 FR 29695), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the geographic areas assigned to Amarillo, Fostoria, Schaal, and Wisconsin to submit an application for designation. Applications were due by June 30, 1998. Amarillo, Fostoria, Schaal, and Wisconsin, the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to them.

Since Amarillo, Fostoria, Schaal, and Wisconsin were the only applicants, GIPSA did not ask for comments on them.

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 Amarillo, Fostoria, Schaal, and Wisconsin are able to provide official services in the geographic areas for which they applied.

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Amarillo...................................... 12/1/1998 11/30/2001 Fostoria...................................... 12/1/1998 11/30/2001 Schaal........................................ 12/1/1998 11/30/2001 Wisconsin..................................... 12/1/1998 11/30/2001

Effective December 1, 1998, and ending November 30, 2001, Amarillo, Fostoria, Schaal, and Wisconsin are designated to provide official services in the geographic area specified in the June 1, 1998, Federal Register.

Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Amarillo at 806-372-8511, Fostoria at 419-435-3804, Schaal at 515-444- 3122, and Wisconsin at 715-392-7851.

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

Dated: September 22, 1998. Neil E. Porter, Director, Compliance Division.

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