[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 11069-11070] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-4883] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Opportunity for Designation in the Fremont (NE) and Titus (IN) Areas AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), USDA. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), provides that official agency designations shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed. The designations of Fremont Grain Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont), and Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus), will end August 31, 1995, according to the Act, and GIPSA is asking persons interested in providing official services in the specified geographic areas to submit an application for designation. DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on or before March 31, 1995. 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- 720-1015, 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' 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 Fremont, main office located in Fremont, Nebraska, and Titus, main office located in West Lafayette, Indiana, to provide official inspection services under the Act on September 1, 1992. Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official agencies shall end no later than triennially and may be renewed according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of the Act. The designations of Fremont and Titus end on August 31, 1995. The geographic area presently assigned to Fremont, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, in the States of Iowa and Nebraska which will be assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows: Carroll (west of U.S. Route 71); Clay (west of U.S. Route 71); Crawford; Dickinson (west of U.S. Route 71); Harrison (east of State Route 183); O'Brien (north of B24 and east of U.S. Route 59); Osceola (east of U.S. Route 59); and Shelby Counties, Iowa. In Nebraska: Bounded on the North by U.S. Route 20 east to the Pierce County line; the eastern Pierce County line; the northern Wayne, Cuming, and Burt County lines east to the Missouri River; Bounded on the East by the Missouri River south-southeast to State Route 91; State Route 91 west to the Dodge County line; the eastern and southern Dodge County lines west to U.S. Route 77; U.S. Route 77 south to the Saunders County line; Bounded on the South by the southern Saunders, Butler, and Polk County lines; and Bounded on the West by the western Polk County line north to the Platte River; the Platte River northeast to the western Platte County line; the western and northern Platte County lines east to U.S. Route 81; U.S. Route 81 north to U.S. Route 20. The following grain elevators, located outside of the above contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area assignment: Farmers Cooperative, and Krumel Grain and Storage, both in Wahoo, Saunders County, Nebraska (located inside Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.'s, area). Fremont's assigned geographic area does not include the following grain elevators inside Fremont's area which have been and will continue to be serviced by the following official agencies: 1. Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc.: Farmers Cooperative Grain Company, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska; and 2. Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: Farmers Coop Business Assn., Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska; and Farmers Coop Business Assn. (2 elevators), Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska. The geographic area presently assigned to Titus, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, in the State of Indiana which will be assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as follows: Bounded on the North by the northern Pulaski County line; Bounded on the East by the eastern and southern Pulaski County lines; the eastern White County line; the eastern Carroll County line south to State Route 25; State Route 25 southwest to Tippecanoe County; the eastern Tippecanoe County line; Bounded on the South by the southern Tippecanoe County line; the [[Page 11070]] eastern and southern Fountain County lines west to U.S. Route 41; and Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 41 north to the northern Benton County line; the northern Benton County line east to State Route 55; State Route 55 north to U.S. Route 24; U.S. Route 24 east to the White County line; the western White and Pulaski County lines. The following grain elevators, located outside of the above contiguous geographic area, are part of this geographic area assignment: Boswell Grain Company, Boswell, Benton County; Dunn Grain, Dunn, Benton County; York Richland Grain Elevator, Inc., Earl Park, Benton County; Raub Grain Company, Raub, Benton County (located inside Champaign-Danville Grain Inspection Departments, Inc.'s, area); and The Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Frick Grain, Leiters Ford, Fulton County; and Cargill, Inc., Linden, Montgomery County (located inside Frankfort Grain Inspection, Inc.'s, area). Titus' assigned geographic area does not include the following grain elevators inside Titus' area which have been and will continue to be serviced by the following official agency: Schneider Inspection Service, Inc.: Central Soya, and Farmers Grain, both in Winamac, Pulaski County. Interested persons, including Fremont and Titus, 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 September 1, 1995, and ending no later than August 31, 1998. 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: February 15, 1995 Neil E. Porter Director, Compliance Division [FR Doc. 95-4883 Filed 2-28-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-EN-F