[Federal Register: December 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 230)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
[03-04-A]
Opportunity for Designation in the East Indiana (IN), Fremont
(NE), and Titus (IN) Areas, and Request for Comments on the Official
Agencies Serving These Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The designations of the official agencies listed below will
end in June 2004. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration (GIPSA) is asking persons interested in providing
official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an
application for designation. GIPSA is also asking for comments on the
quality of services provided by these currently designated agencies:
East Indiana Grain Inspection, Inc. (East Indiana); Fremont Grain
Inspection Department, Inc. (Fremont); and Titus Grain Inspection, Inc.
(Titus).
DATES: Applications and comments must be postmarked or electronically
dated on or before January 2, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit applications and comments to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.
Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance
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Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-3604; Fax (202) 690-2755. If an application is
submitted by FAX, GIPSA reserves the right to request an original
application. All applications and comments will be made available for
public inspection at Room 1647-S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., during
regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janet M. Hart at (202) 720-8525, e-mail Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov <mailto:Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov>.
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 United States Grain Standards Act, as
amended (Act), authorizes GIPSA's 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.
Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official
agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of
the Act.
1. Current Designations Being Announced for Renewal
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Designation Designation
Official agency Main office start end
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East Indiana.................................. Muncie, IN...................... 9/01/2001 6/30/2004
Fremont....................................... Fremont, NE..................... 9/01/2001 6/30/2004
Titus......................................... West Lafayette, IN.............. 9/01/2001 6/30/2004
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a. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the States of Indiana and Ohio, is assigned to East Indiana.
In Indiana:
Bounded on the North by the northern and eastern Grant County
lines; the northern Blackford, and Jay County lines;
Bounded on the East by the eastern Jay, Randolph, Wayne, and
Union County lines;
Bounded on the South by the southern Union and Fayette County
lines; the eastern Rush County line south to State Route 244; State
Route 244 west to the Rush County line; and
Bounded on the West by the western Rush and Henry County lines;
the southern Madison County line west to State Route 13; State Route
13 north to State Route 132; State Route 132 northwest to Madison
County; the western and northern Madison County lines; the northern
Delaware County line; the western Blackford County line north to
State Route 18; State Route 18 west to County Highway 900E; County
Highway 900E north to the northern Grant County line.
Darke County, Ohio.
b. Pursuant to section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the States of Iowa and Nebraska, is assigned to Fremont.
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: Hastings Grain
Inspection, Inc.: Huskers Cooperative Grain Company, Columbus, Platte
County, Nebraska; and Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: United
Farmers Coop, Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska; and United Farmers
Coop, Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska.
c. Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, the following geographic
area, in the State of Indiana, is assigned to Titus.
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
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 Chase Grain, Boswell, Benton County; ADM, Dunn,
Benton County; ADM, Raub, Benton County (located inside Champaign-
Danville Grain Inspection Departments, Inc.'s, area); and The
Andersons, Delphi, Carroll County; Frick Services, Inc., 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.: Cargill, Inc., and Farmers Grain, both in Winamac,
Pulaski County.
2. Opportunity for Designation
Interested persons, including East Indiana, 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 July 1, 2004, and ending June 30,
2007. Persons wishing to apply for designation should contact the
Compliance Division at the address listed above for forms and
information, or obtain applications at
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3. Request for Comments
GIPSA also is publishing this notice to provide interested persons
the opportunity to present comments on the quality of services for the
East Indiana, Fremont, and Titus official agencies. In commenting on
the quality of services, commenters are encouraged to submit pertinent
data including information on the timeliness, cost, and scope of
services provided. All comments must be submitted to the Compliance
Division at the above address.
Applications, comments, 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.).
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-29555 Filed 11-28-03; 8:45 am]
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