[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 23819] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-11134] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Natural Resources Conservation Service Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Ohio
Agency
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Ohio, US Department of Agriculture.
Action
Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the FOTG of the NRCS in Ohio for review and comment.
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Summary
It is the intention of NRCS in Ohio to issue revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The proposed standard revisions are Critical Area Planting (Code 342), Cover and Green Manure Crop (Code 340), Conservation Cover (Code 327), Contour Farming (Code 330), and Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332). These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.
Dates
Comments will be received on or before June 3, 1999.
For Further Information Contact
Inquire in writing to Paul DeArman, Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 200 North High Street, Room 522, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Copies of these standards will be made available upon written request. You may submit electronic requests and comments to paul.dearman@oh.nrcs.usda.gov
Supplementary Information
Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made after the enactment of the law to NRCS State technical guides used to carry out highly erodible land and wetland provisions of the law shall be made available for public review and comment. For the next 30 days the NRCS will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding the disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.
Dated: April 16, 1999. Patrick K. Wolf, State Conservationist, Columbus, Ohio. [FR Doc. 99-11134 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-16-P