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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Notices6167Signed at Washington, D.C. this 15th dayof January, 1997.Barry R. McCaffrey,Director.[FR Doc. 97–3334 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 3180–02–PDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREForest ServiceCalifornia Coast Province AdvisoryCommittee (PAC)AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.ACTION: Notice of meeting.SUMMARY: The California Coast ProvinceAdvisory Committee (PAC) will meetfrom 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., on February26, 1997, and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.February 27, 1997, at the Six RiversNational Forest Supervisor’s OfficeConference Room, 1330 Bayshore Way,Eureka, CA. Agenda items to be coveredinclude: (1) Survey and Manage speciesinformation presentation; (2) Provinceimpacts of fish species listed/potentiallylisted as Threatened or Endangered; (3)Report and recommendations fromPublic/Private Subcommittee (4) Reportand recommendations from MonitoringSubcommittee; (5) Report andrecommendations from Work on theGround Subcommittee; (6) Agencyupdates; (7) North Coast EnvironmentalCenter presentation; (8) Agency reportson December/January flood and stormdamage on federal lands in theProvince; (9) Update on HeadwatersForest; (10) USFWS request forproposals for restoration projects; and(11) Open public forum. All CaliforniaCoast Province Advisory Committeemeetings are open to the public.Interested citizens are encouraged toattend.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Direct questions regarding this meetingto Daniel Chisholm, USDA, ForestSupervisor, Mendocino National Forest,825 N. Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA,95988, (916) 934–3316 or Phebe Brown,Province Coordinator, USDA,Mendocino National Forest, 825 N.Humboldt Avenue, Willows, CA 95988,(916) 934–3316.Dated: February 2, 1997.Daniel K. Chisholm,Forest Supervisor.[FR Doc. 97–3264 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 3410–FK–MGrain Inspection, Packers andStockyards AdministrationOpportunity for Designation in theJamestown (ND) AreaAGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers andStockyards Administration (GIPSA).ACTION: Notice.SUMMARY: The United States GrainStandards Act, as amended (Act),provides that official agencydesignations will end not later thantriennially and may be renewed. Thedesignation of Grain Inspection, Inc.(Jamestown), will end July 31, 1997,according to the Act. In the January 2,1997 Federal Register (62 FR 91),GIPSA asked for applications frompersons interested in providing officialservices in the Jamestown area.Applications were due on or beforeJanuary 31, 1997; no applications werereceived. GIPSA is again asking forapplications from persons interested inproviding official services in theJamestown area.DATES: Applications must bepostmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX)on or before March 13, 1997.ADDRESSES: Applications must besubmitted to USDA, GIPSA, Janet M.Hart, Chief, Review Branch, ComplianceDivision, STOP 3604, 1400Independence Avenue, S.W.,Washington, DC 20250–3604.Applications may be submitted by FAXon 202–690–2755. If an application issubmitted by FAX, GIPSA reserves theright to request an original application.All applications will be made availablefor public inspection at this addresslocated at 1400 Independence Avenue,S.W., during regular business hours.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:This action has been reviewed anddetermined not to be a rule or regulationas defined in Executive Order 12866and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;therefore, the Executive Order andDepartmental Regulation do not applyto this action.Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizesGIPSA’ Administrator to designate aqualified applicant to provide officialservices in a specified area afterdetermining that the applicant is betterable than any other applicant to providesuch official services. GIPSA designatedJamestown, main office located inJamestown, North Dakota, to provideofficial inspection services under theAct on August 1, 1994.Section 7(g)(1) of the Act providesthat designations of official agenciesshall end not later than triennially andmay be renewed according to thecriteria and procedures prescribed inSection 7(f) of the Act. The designationof Jamestown ends on July 31, 1997,according to the Act.Pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of theUSGSA, the following geographic area,in the State of North Dakota, is assignedto Jamestown.Bounded on the North by Interstate 94east to U.S. Route 85; U.S. Route 85north to State Route 200; State Route200 east to U.S. Route 83; U.S. Route 83southeast to State Route 41; State Route41 north to State Route 200; State Route200 east to State Route 3; State Route 3north to U.S. Route 52; U.S. Route 52southeast to State Route 15; State Route15 east to U.S. Route 281; U.S. Route281 south to Foster County; the northernFoster County line; the northern GriggsCounty line east to State Route 32;Bounded on the East by State Route32 south to State Route 45; State Route45 south to State Route 200; State Route200 west to State Route 1; State Route1 south to the Soo Railroad line; the SooRailroad line southeast to Interstate 94;Interstate 94 west to State Route 1; StateRoute 1 south to the Dickey County line;Bounded on the South by thesouthern Dickey County line west toU.S. Route 281; U.S. Route 281 north tothe Lamoure County line; the southernLamoure County line; the southernLogan County line west to State Routel3; State Route l3 west to U.S. Route 83;U.S. Route 83 south to the EmmonsCounty line; the southern EmmonsCounty line; the southern Sioux Countyline west State Route 49; State Route 49north to State Route 21; State Route 21west to the Burlington-Northern (BN)line; the Burlington-Northern (BN) linenorthwest to State Route 22; State Route22 south to U.S. Route 12; U.S. Route 12west-northwest to the North DakotaState line; andBounded on the West by the westernNorth Dakota State line north toInterstate 94.The following grain elevators, locatedoutside of the above contiguousgeographic area, are part of thisgeographic area assignment: FarmersCoop Elevator, Fessenden, FarmersUnion Elevator, and Manfred Grain,both in Manfred, all in Wells County(located inside Grand Forks GrainInspection Department, Inc.’s, area); andNorway Spur, and Oakes Grain, both inOakes, Dickey County (located insideNorth Dakota Grain Inspection Service,Inc.’s, area).Jamestown’s assigned geographic areadoes not include the following grainelevators inside Jamestown’s area whichhave been and will continue to be