65 FR 139 pgs. 44756-44757 - Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Wisconsin
Type: NOTICEVolume: 65Number: 139Pages: 44756 - 44757
FR document: [FR Doc. 00-18275 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
Agency: Agriculture Department
Sub Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service
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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 Wisconsin
AGENCY:
Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS) in Wisconsin, US Department of Agriculture.
ACTION:
Notice of availability of a proposed change in Section IV of the FOTG of the NRCS in Wisconsin for review and comment.
SUMMARY:
It is the intention of NRCS in Wisconsin to issue four revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised standards are Pond (Code 378), Grade Stabilization Structure (Code 410), and Water and Sediment Control Basin (Code 638). These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.
DATES:
Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing on July 19, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to Donald A. Baloun, Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources ConservationService (NRCS), 6515 Watts Road, Suite 200, Madison, WI 53719-2726. Copies of this standard will be made available upon written request. You may submit electronic requests and comments to don.baloun@wi.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald A. Baloun, 608-276-8732.
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 30 days, the NRCS in Wisconsin will receive comments relative to the proposed change. Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in Wisconsin regarding disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.
Dated: July 11, 2000.
John R. Ramsden,
Acting State Conservationist, Madison, Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 00-18275 Filed 7-18-00; 8:45 am]
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