[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 59340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28852]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


Designations for the Idaho (ID), Lewiston (ID), and the State of 
Utah Areas

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: GIPSA announces the designation of Idaho Grain Inspection 
Service, Inc. (Pocatello), Lewiston Grain Inspection Service, Inc. 
(Lewiston), and the Utah Department of Agriculture (Utah) to provide 
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as 
amended (Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 1997.

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

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 June 2, 1997, Federal Register (62 FR 29707), GIPSA asked 
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic 
areas assigned to Pocatello, Lewiston, and Utah to submit an 
application for designation. Applications were due by July 1, 1997. 
Pocatello, Lewiston, and Utah, the only applicants, each applied for 
designation to provide official services in the entire area currently 
assigned to them.
    Since Pocatello, Lewiston, and Utah were the only applicants for 
the respective areas, 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 Pocatello, Lewiston, and Utah are able to 
provide official services in the geographic areas for which they 
applied. Effective December 1, 1997, and ending November 30, 2000, 
Pocatello, Lewiston, and Utah are designated to provide official 
services in the geographic areas specified in the June 2, 1997, Federal 
Register.
    Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting 
Pocatello at 208-233-8303, Lewiston at 208-746-0451, and Utah at 801-
392-2292.

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

    Dated: October 24, 1997.
Neil E. Porter,
Director, Compliance Division.
[FR Doc. 97-28852 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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