[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 27045] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-13201] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration Designation for the Barton (KY) and North Dakota (ND) Areas
Agency
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).
Action
Notice.
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Summary
GIPSA announces the designation of J. W. Barton Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Barton), and North Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (North Dakota), to provide official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act).
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.
Addresses
Janet M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647 South Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454.
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 December 27, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 66958), GIPSA asked persons interested in providing official services in the geographic areas assigned to Barton and North Dakota to submit an application for designation. Applications were due by January 30, 1996. Barton and North Dakota, the only applicants, each applied for designation to provide official inspection services in the entire areas currently assigned to them. Since Barton and North Dakota were the only applicants, 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 Barton and North Dakota are able to provide official services in the geographic areas for which they applied. Effective July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1999, Barton and North Dakota are designated to provide official services in the geographic areas specified in the December 27, 1995, Federal Register.
Interested persons may obtain official services by contacting Barton at 502-683-0616 and North Dakota 701-293-7420.
Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)
Dated: May 10, 1996 Neil E. Porter
Director, Compliance Division
[FR Doc. 96-13201 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am]
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