# Amendment to the Designation of Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection
**AGENCY:**
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, USDA.
**ACTION:**
Notice.
**SUMMARY:**
Mid-Iowa Grain Inspection, Inc.'s (Mid-Iowa) geographical territory is amended to include the area previously designated to John R. McCrea Agency, Inc. (McCrea). Mid-Iowa purchased McCrea effective September 1, 2016, and met the requirements specified in GIPSA's General Regulations. The designation of Mid-Iowa is from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2020.
**DATES:**
*Effective Date:* September 1, 2016.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jorge Vazquez, 816-866-2224 or *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The United States Grain Standards Act (USGSA) authorizes the Secretary 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). Under 7 U.S.C. 79(g), designations of official agencies are effective for no longer than five years, unless terminated by the Secretary, and may be renewed according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in 7 U.S.C. 79(f).
**Mid-Iowa Designation**
Pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 79(f)(2), the following geographic area, in the States of Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa, is assigned to this official agency.
**In Minnesota**
Wabasha, Olmstead, Winona, Houston, and Fillmore Counties.
**In Illinois**
Carroll and Whiteside Counties.
**In Iowa**
Bounded on the North by the northern Winneshiek and Allamakee County lines; Bounded on the East by the eastern Allamakee County line; the eastern and southern Clayton County lines; the eastern Buchanan County line; the northern Jones and Jackson County lines; the eastern Jackson and Clinton County Lines; southern Clinton County Line; the eastern Cedar County line south to State Route 130; Bounded on the South by State Route 130 west to State Route 38; State Route 38 south to Interstate 80; Interstate 80 west to U.S. Route 63; and Bounded on the West by U.S. Route 63 north to State Route 8; State Route 8 east to State Route 21; State Route 21 north to D38; D38 east to V49; V49 north to Bremer County; the southern Bremer County line; the western Fayette and Winneshiek County lines.
The agency certifies that Mid-Iowa meets the criteria delineated in 7 CFR § 800.196(f)(2).
**Authority:**
7 U.S.C. 71-87k.
Susan B. Keith,
Acting Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration.