[Federal Register: November 22, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 226)]
[Notices]
[Page 70399]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
[02-02-S]
Designation for the Alabama, California, Kankakee (IL),
Springfield (IL), and Washington Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
(GIPSA) announces designation of the following organizations to provide
official services under the United States Grain Standards Act, as
amended (Act):
Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries (Alabama);
California Department of Food and Agriculture (California);
Kankakee Grain Inspection, Inc. (Kankakee);
Springfield Grain Inspection, Inc. (Springfield); and
Washington Department of Agriculture. (Washington).
EFFECTIVE DATES: January 1, 2003.
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, e-mail
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.
In the June 3, 2002, Federal Register (67 FR 38249), GIPSA asked
persons interested in providing official services in the geographic
areas assigned to the official agencies named above to submit an
application for designation. Applications were due by July 1, 2002.
Alabama, California, Kankakee, and Washington were the sole
applicants for designation to provide official services in the entire
area currently assigned to them, so GIPSA did not ask for additional
comments on them. There were two applicants for the Springfield area:
Springfield applied for all of the area currently assigned to them, and
Keokuk Grain Inspection Service (Keokuk), a designated official agency,
applied for Cass and Schuyler Counties. GIPSA asked for comments on the
applicants for service in the September 3, 2002, Federal Register (67
FR 13599). Comments were due by October 1, 2002. GIPSA received no
comments by the due date.
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 Alabama, California, Kankakee, Springfield,
and Washington are able to provide official services in the geographic
areas specified in the June 3, 2002, Federal Register, for which they
applied. Interested persons may obtain official services by calling the
telephone numbers listed below.
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Designation start--
Official agency Headquarters location and telephone end
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Alabama............................... Montgomery, AL, Additional Service Locations: 01/01/2003-
Decatur, Mobile, AL, 334-415-2531. 12/31/2005
California............................ Sacramento, CA, Additional Service Locations: 01/01/2003-
Bell, Corcoran, Imperial, Stockton, West 12/31/2005
Sacramento, Williams, CA, 916-654-0743.
Kankakee.............................. Essex, IL, Additional Service Location: Tiskilwa, 01/01/2003-
IL, 815-365-2268. 12/31/2005
Springfield........................... Springfield, IL, 217-522-5278..................... 01/01/2003-
12/31/2005
Washington............................ Olympia, WA, Additional Service Locations: Colfax, 01/01/2003-
Kalama, Pacso, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, 12/31/2005
Tumwater, Vancouver, WA, 360-902-1921.
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Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C.
71 et seq.).
Dated: November 13, 2002.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-29758 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]