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Bridge Road, P.O. Box 909, John Day,
OR 97845. The Responsible Official will
decide if the proposed project will be
implemented and will document the
decision and reasons for the decision in
a Record of Decision. That decision will
be subject to Forest Service Appeal
Regulations. The responsibility for
preparing the DEIS and FEIS has been
delegated to Brooks Smith, Acting
District Ranger, Blue Mountain Ranger
District.
Scoping Process
Public participation will be especially
important at several points during the
analysis, beginning with the scoping
process (40 CFR 1501.7). Initial scoping
began with the project listed in the 2006
Fall Edition of the Malheur National
Forest’s Schedule of Proposed Actions.
A Public meeting has been planned for
January 2007 to discuss the project.
Other meetings will be scheduled as
needed. Also, correspondence with
tribes, government agencies,
organizations, and individuals who
have indicated their interest will be
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Preliminary Issues
Preliminary issues identified include
the potential effect of the proposed
action on: soils, water quality and fish
habitat, snags and down wood,
disturbance to cultural resources,
potential for noxious weed expansion,
threatened, endangered and sensitive
aquatic, terrestrial and plant species,
potential loss of economic value of trees
damaged by wildfire, and the safety and
use of the area by public and land
managers.
Comment
Public comments about this proposal
are requested to identify issues and
alternatives to the proposed action and
to focus the scope of the analysis.
Comments received in response to this
solicitation, including names and
addresses of those who comment, will
be considered part of the public record
on this proposed action, and will be
available for public inspection.
Comments submitted anonymously will
be accepted and considered; however,
those who submit anonymous
comments will not have standing to
appeal the subsequent decisions under
36 CFR Parts 215 or 217. Additionally,
pursuant to 7 CFR 1.27(d), any person
may request the agency to withhold a
submission from the public record by
showing how the Freedom of
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confidentiality. Persons requesting such
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circumstances such as to protect trade
secrets. The Forest Service will
information the requester of the
agency’s decision regarding the request
for confidentiality, and where the
request is denied; the agency will return
the submission and notify the requester
that the comments may be resubmitted
with or without name and address
within a specified number of days.
Early Notice of Importance of Public
Participation in Subsequent
Environmental Review
A draft environmental impact
statement will be prepared for comment.
The comment period on the draft
environmental impact statement will be
45 days from the date the
Environmental Protection agency
publishes the notice of availability in
the Federal Register. The Forest Service
believes, at this early stage, it is
important to give reviewers notice of
several court rulings related to public
participation in the environmental
review process. First, reviewers of draft
environmental impact statements must
structure their participation in the
environmental review of the proposal so
that it is meaningful and alerts an
agency to the reviewer’s position and
contentions. Vermont Yankee Nuclear
Power Corp. v. NRDC, 435 U.S. 519, 553
(1978). Also, environmental objections
that could be raised at the draft
environmental impact statement stage
but that are not raised until after
completion of the final environmental
impact statement may be waived or
dismissed by the courts. City of Angoon
v. Hodel, 803 F.2d 1016, 1022 (9th Cir.
1986) and Wisconsin Heritages, Inc. v.
Harris, 490 F. Supp. 1334, 1338 (E.D.
Wis. 1980). Because of these court
rulings, it is very important that those
interested in this proposed action
participate by the close of the 45-day
comment period so that substantive
comments and objections are made
available to the Forest Service at a time
when it can meaningfully consider them
and respond to them in the final
environmental impact statement.
To assist the Forest Service in
identifying and considering issues and
concerns on the proposed action,
comments on the draft environmental
impact statement should be as specific
as possible. It is also helpful if
comments refer to specific pages or
chapters of the draft statement.
Comments may also address the
adequacy of the draft environmental
impact statement or the merits of the
alternatives formulated and discussed in
the statement. Reviewers may wish to
refer to the council on Environmental
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Quality Regulations for implementing
the procedural provisions of the
National environmental Policy Act at 40
CFR 1503.3 in addressing these points.
Comments received, including the
names and addresses of those who
comment, will be considered part of the
public record on this proposal and will
be available for public inspection.
(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22;
Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, Section
21)
Dated: December 4, 2006.
Gary L. Benes,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in the
Muncie (IN), Fremont (NE), Savage
(MN), and West Lafayette (IN) Areas,
and Request for Comments on the
Official Agencies Serving These Areas
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The designations of the
official agencies listed below will end
on June 30, 2007. We are asking persons
interested in providing official services
in the areas served by these agencies to
submit an application for designation.
We are 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); State Grain
Inspection, Inc. (State Grain); and Titus
Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus).
DATES: Applications and comments
must be received on or before January 8,
2007.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
applications and comments on this
notice. You may submit applications
and comments by any of the following
methods:
* Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver
to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch
Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA,
USDA, Room 1647–S, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
* Fax: Send by facsimile
transmission to (202) 690–2755,
attention: Karen Guagliardo.
* E-mail: Send via electronic mail to
Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
* Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen
Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief,
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Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA,
STOP 3604, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
3604.
* Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Read Applications and Comments:
All applications and comments will be
available for public inspection at the
office above during regular business
hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
Section
7(f)(1) of the United States Grain
Standards Act, as amended (USGSA),
authorizes GIPSA’s Administrator to
designate a qualified applicant to
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provide official services in a specified
area after determining that the applicant
is better able than any other applicant
to provide such official services (7
U.S.C. 79(f)(1)).
Section 7(g)(1) of USGSA provides
that designations of official agencies
will terminate not later than three years
and may be renewed according to the
criteria and procedures prescribed in
Section 7(f) of USGSA.
CURRENT DESIGNATIONS BEING ANNOUNCED FOR RENEWAL
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East Indiana ..................................................................
Fremont ........................................................................
State Grain ...................................................................
Titus ..............................................................................
West Sacramento, CA ..................................................
Frankfort, IN ..................................................................
Savage, MN ..................................................................
West Lafayette, IN ........................................................
East Indiana
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) the following
geographic area, in the States of Indiana
and Ohio, is assigned to East 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.
Fremont
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following
geographic area, in the States of Iowa
and Nebraska, is assigned to Fremont:
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In Iowa
* 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.
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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:
1. Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc.:
Huskers Cooperative Grain Company,
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska; and
2. Omaha Grain Inspection Service,
Inc.: United Farmers Coop, Rising City,
Butler County, Nebraska; and United
Farmers Coop (2 elevators), Shelby, Polk
County, Nebraska.
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State Grain
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), the following
geographic area, in the State of
Minnesota, is assigned to State Grain:
* Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington,
Carver, Scott, Dakota, Brown, Nicollet,
Le Sueur, Rice, Goodhue, Watonwan,
Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Dodge,
McLeod, and Sibley Counties.
Titus
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of
USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) 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
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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).
Opportunity for Designation
Interested persons, including East
Indiana, Fremont, State Grain, and
Titus, may apply for designation to
provide official services in the
geographic areas specified above under
the provisions of Section 7(f) of USGSA
( 7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), and 9 CFR
800.196(d) regulations. Designation in
the specified geographic areas is for the
period beginning July 1, 2007, and
ending June 30, 2010. To apply for
designation, contact the Compliance
Division at the address listed above for
forms and information, or obtain
applications at the GIPSA Web site,
https://www.gipsa.usda.gov.
Request for Comments
We are also publishing this notice to
provide interested persons the
opportunity to present comments on the
quality of services provided by the East
Indiana, Fremont, State Grain, and Titus
official agencies. In the designation
process, we will consider substantive
comments citing reasons and pertinent
data for support or objection to the
designation of the applicants. Submit all
comments to the Compliance Division at
the above address.
In determining which applicant will
be designated, we will consider
applications, comments, and other
available information.
Inspection, Inc. (Frankfort); Indianapolis
Grain Inspection & Weighing Service,
Inc. (Indianapolis); and Virginia
Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services (Virginia).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Guagliardo at 202–720–7312, email Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the June
16, 2006, Federal Register (71 FR
34882–34883), we requested
applications for designation to provide
official services in the geographic areas
assigned to the official agencies named
above. Applications were due by July
14, 2006.
There were two applicants for the
Sacramento area: California Agri and
Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc. (MidIowa); both are currently designated
official agencies. Mid-Iowa withdrew its
application. Frankfort, Indianapolis, and
Virginia 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.
We evaluated all available
information regarding the designation
criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of USGSA (7
U.S.C. 79(f)) and, according to Section
7(f)(l)(B), determined that California
Agri, Frankfort, Indianapolis, and
Virginia are able to provide official
services in the geographic areas
specified in the June 16, 2006, Federal
Register, for which they applied. You
may obtain official services by calling
the telephone numbers listed below.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration.
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California Agri ...
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Frankfort ...........
Grain Inspection, Packers and
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Indianapolis .......
Designation for the Sacramento (CA),
Frankfort (IN), Indianapolis (IN), and
Virginia Areas
Virginia ..............
Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are announcing
designation of the following
organizations to provide official services
under the United States Grain Standards
Act, as amended (USGSA): California
Agri Inspection Company, Ltd.
(California Agri); Frankfort Grain
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Headquarters
location and
telephone
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West Sacramento, CA,
(916) 375–
5809.
Frankfort, IN,
(765) 258–
3624.
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Indianapolis, IN,
(317) 899–
2337.
Richmond, VA,
(757) 494–
2464.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Inviting Applications for Rural
Business Opportunity Grants
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBS), an Agency
within the Rural Development mission
area, announces the availability of
grants of up to $50,000 per application
from the Rural Business Opportunity
Grant (RBOG) program for fiscal year
(FY) 2007, to be competitively awarded.
For multi-State projects, grant funds of
up to $150,000 will be available on a
competitive basis. The awards are being
capped due to limited funding. This
notice is being issued prior to passage
of a final appropriations bill, which may
or may not provide for funding this
program, to allow applicants sufficient
time to leverage financing, submit
applications, and give the Agency time
to process applications within the
current fiscal year. The Agency will
publish a subsequent notice identifying
the amount received in the
appropriations, if any.
The deadline for the receipt of
non-earmarked applications in the Rural
Development State Office is March 30,
2007. If the RBOG appropriation
provides earmarks for Native American,
Empowerment Zones, Enterprise
Communities, and Rural Economic Area
Partnerships, then those applications
must be received in the Rural
Development State Office by January 31,
2007. The Agency reserves the right to
extend this application deadline. If no
earmark is provided in the
appropriations, applications from these
applicants will compete in the March
30, 2007, competition. Any applications
received at a Rural Development State
Office after these dates would not be
considered for FY 2007 funding.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cindy Mason, Loan Specialist, USDA
Rural Development, STOP 3225, Room
6866, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–3225.
Telephone: (202) 690–1433.
For further information,
entities wishing to apply for assistance
should contact a Rural Development
State Office to receive copies of the
application package. Potential
applicants located in the District of
Columbia must send their applications
to the National Office at:
ADDRESSES:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
Opportunity for Designation in the Muncie (IN), Fremont (NE),
Savage (MN), and West Lafayette (IN) Areas, and Request for Comments on
the Official Agencies Serving These Areas
AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
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SUMMARY: The designations of the official agencies listed below will
end on June 30, 2007. We are asking persons interested in providing
official services in the areas served by these agencies to submit an
application for designation. We are 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); State Grain Inspection, Inc.
(State Grain); and Titus Grain Inspection, Inc. (Titus).
DATES: Applications and comments must be received on or before January
8, 2007.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit applications and comments on this
notice. You may submit applications and comments by any of the
following methods:
* Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver to Karen Guagliardo, Review
Branch Chief, Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, Room 1647-S, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.
* Fax: Send by facsimile transmission to (202) 690-2755, attention:
Karen Guagliardo.
* E-mail: Send via electronic mail to Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
* Mail: Send hardcopy to Karen Guagliardo, Review Branch Chief,
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Compliance Division, GIPSA, USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250-3604.
* Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Read Applications and Comments: All applications and comments will
be available for public inspection at the office above during regular
business hours (7 CFR 1.27(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Guagliardo at 202-720-7312, e-
mail Karen.W.Guagliardo@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7(f)(1) of the United States Grain
Standards Act, as amended (USGSA), 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 (7 U.S.C.
79(f)(1)).
Section 7(g)(1) of USGSA provides that designations of official
agencies will terminate not later than three years and may be renewed
according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of
USGSA.
Current Designations Being Announced for Renewal
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East Indiana.................................. West Sacramento, CA............. 07/01/2004 06/30/2007
Fremont....................................... Frankfort, IN................... 07/01/2004 06/30/2007
State Grain................................... Savage, MN...................... 07/01/2004 06/30/2007
Titus......................................... West Lafayette, IN.............. 07/01/2004 06/30/2007
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East Indiana
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) the
following geographic area, in the States of Indiana and Ohio, is
assigned to East 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.
Fremont
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)),
the following geographic area, in the States of Iowa and Nebraska, is
assigned to Fremont:
In Iowa
* 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:
1. Hastings Grain Inspection, Inc.: Huskers Cooperative Grain
Company, Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska; and
2. Omaha Grain Inspection Service, Inc.: United Farmers Coop,
Rising City, Butler County, Nebraska; and United Farmers Coop (2
elevators), Shelby, Polk County, Nebraska.
State Grain
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)),
the following geographic area, in the State of Minnesota, is assigned
to State Grain:
* Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, Carver, Scott, Dakota, Brown,
Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice, Goodhue, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca,
Steele, Dodge, McLeod, and Sibley Counties.
Titus
In accordance with Section 7(f)(2) of USGSA (7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)) 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
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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).
Opportunity for Designation
Interested persons, including East Indiana, Fremont, State Grain,
and Titus, may apply for designation to provide official services in
the geographic areas specified above under the provisions of Section
7(f) of USGSA ( 7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2)), and 9 CFR 800.196(d) regulations.
Designation in the specified geographic areas is for the period
beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2010. To apply for
designation, contact the Compliance Division at the address listed
above for forms and information, or obtain applications at the GIPSA
Web site, https://www.gipsa.usda.gov.
Request for Comments
We are also publishing this notice to provide interested persons
the opportunity to present comments on the quality of services provided
by the East Indiana, Fremont, State Grain, and Titus official agencies.
In the designation process, we will consider substantive comments
citing reasons and pertinent data for support or objection to the
designation of the applicants. Submit all comments to the Compliance
Division at the above address.
In determining which applicant will be designated, we will consider
applications, comments, and other available information.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.
James E. Link,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-20905 Filed 12-7-06; 8:45 am]
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