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[Federal Register: September 3, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 170)]
[Notices]               
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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

[02-01-S]

 
Designation for the Aberdeen (SD), Decatur (IL), Grand Forks 
(ND), Hastings (NE), McCrea (IA), Missouri, and South Carolina 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): Aberdeen Grain Inspection, Inc. (Aberdeen); Decatur 
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Decatur); Grand Forks Grain Inspection 
Department, Inc. (Grand Forks); Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc. 
(Hastings); John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea); Missouri Department 
of Agriculture (Missouri); South Carolina Department of Agriculture 
(South Carolina);

EFFECTIVE DATES: October 1, 2002.

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 
<A HREF="mailto:Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov">Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov</A>.

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 March 1, 2002, Federal Register (67 FR 9434), 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 April 1, 2002.
    Aberdeen, Decatur, Grand Forks, Hastings, McCrea, Missouri, and 
South Carolina 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.
    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 Aberdeen, Decatur, Grand Forks, Hastings, 
McCrea, Missouri, and South Carolina are able to provide official 
services in the geographic areas specified in the March 1, 2002, 
Federal Register, for which they applied. Effective October 1, 2002, 
and ending September 30, 2005, Aberdeen, Decatur, Hastings, McCrea, 
Missouri, and South Carolina are designated to provide official 
services in the geographic areas for which they applied. Effective 
October 1, 2002, and ending September 30, 2003, Grand Forks is 
designated for one year only to provide official services in the 
geographic area for which they applied. Interested persons may obtain 
official services by calling the telephone numbers listed below.

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                Official agency                   Headquarters location and telephone    Designation start--end
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Aberdeen......................................  Aberdeen, SD; 605-225-8432............     10/01/2002-09/30/2005
                                                Additional Service Location: Marion,
                                                 SD
Decatur.......................................  Decatur, IL; 217-429-2466.............     10/01/2002-09/30/2005
Grand Forks...................................  Grand Forks, ND; 701-772-0151.........     10/01/2002-09/30/2003
                                                Additional Service Locations: Devils
                                                 Lake, Gladstone, ND
Hastings......................................  Hastings, NE; 402-462-4254............     10/01/2002-09/30/2005
                                                Additional Service Location: Grand
                                                 Island, NE
McCrea........................................  Clinton, IA; 563-242-2073.............     10/01/2002-09/30/2005
Missouri......................................  Jefferson City, MO; 573-751-5515......     10/01/2002-09/30/2005
                                                Additional Service Locations: Kansas
                                                 City, Laddonia, Marshall, New Madrid,
                                                 St. Joseph, MO.
South Carolina................................  Columbia, SC; 803-734-2200............     10/01/2002-09/30/2005
                                                Additional Service Location: North
                                                 Charleston, SC
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    Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
71 et seq.).


    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Donna Reifschneider,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-22082 Filed 8-30-02; 8:45 am]
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