[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 55230] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-26470] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Natural Resources Conservation Service
Agency
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Action
Notice of proposed changes to the Field Office Technical Guide (Hawaii) conservation practice standards.
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Summary
It is the intention of NRCS Hawaii to issue a series of revised practice standards for use in the State of Hawaii. These practice standards are revised from the current National Handbook of Conservation Practices. These revised standards include Conservation Cover (Code 327), Forest Site Preparation (Code 490), Wildlife Wetland Habitat Management (Code 644), Wildlife Upland Habitat Management (Code 645), Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (Code 548), Nutrient Management (Code 590), Waste Utilization (Code 633), Mulching (Code 484), Fence (Code 382), Fence, Non-electric (Code 382A), Fence, Electric (Code 382B). These practice standards will be incorporated into Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG). Some of these practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.
EFFECTIVE DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 13, 1999. This series of new or revised conservation practice standards will be adopted after the close of the 60-day period.
For Further Information Contact
Inquire, or send comments in writing to Kenneth Kaneshiro, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850. Comments can be also e-mailed to comments@hi.nrcs.usda.gov. Copies of these standards are available from NRCS, Prince Kuhio Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, room 4-118, Honolulu, Hawaii, or by writing to NRCS, P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850. Copies are also available electronically on the NRCS website at https:// www.hi.nrcs.gov/fotg/html. Practice code numbers are used as file names on the website. These standards are available as MS Word 6.0 files.
Supplementary Information
Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made after 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 60 days the NRCS will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will be made. Kenneth M. Kaneshiro, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Honolulu, Hawaii. [FR Doc. 99-26470 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-16-P