Agency designation actions: Various states,

[Federal Register: June 1, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 104)]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

Designations for the Georgia, Schneider (IN), Central Iowa (IA), Montana, Mid-Iowa (IA), and Oregon Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: GIPSA announces designation of the following organizations to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act):

Georgia Department of Agriculture (Georgia); Schneider Inspection Service, Inc. (Schneider); Central Iowa Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Central Iowa); Montana Department of Agriculture (Montana); Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa); and Oregon Department of Agriculture (Oregon).

EFFECTIVE DATES: August 1, 1999, for Georgia and Schneider, September 1, 1999, for Central Iowa and Montana,

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and October 19, 1999, for Mid-Iowa and Oregon.

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 Department Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and Departmental Regulation do not apply to this action.

In the January 4, 1999, Federal Register (64 FR 73), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the geographic areas assigned to Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, Mid-Iowa, and Oregon to submit an application for designation. Applications were due by February 2, 1999. Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, Mid-Iowa, and Oregon, the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide official services in the entire area currently assigned to them.

Since Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, Mid-Iowa, and Oregon 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)(1)(A) of the Act and, according to section 7(f)(1)(B), determined that Georgia, Schneider, Central Iowa, Montana, Mid-Iowa, and Oregon are able to provide official services in the geographic areas for which they applied.

The following organizations are designated to provide official services in the geographic areas specified in January 4, 1999, Federal Register.

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Georgia........................................................ 08/01/1999 06/30/2002 912-386-3130 Schneider...................................................... 08/01/1999 06/30/2002 219-992-2306 Central Iowa................................................... 09/01/1999 06/30/2002 515-266-1101 Montana........................................................ 09/01/1999 06/30/2002 406-452-9561 Mid-Iowa....................................................... 10/01/1999 06/30/2002 319-363-0239 Oregon......................................................... 10/01/1999 06/30/2002 541-276-0939

Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the telephone numbers listed above.

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

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

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