[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26591]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Change to the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service's National Handbook of Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department 
of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the NRCS National 
Handbook of Conservation Practices for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to issue a series of new 
conservation practice standards in its National Handbook of 
Conservation Practices. These new standards include Forage Harvest 
Management (Code 511); Mine Shaft and Adit Closing (Code 457); and 
Vegetative Barriers (Code 601). NRCS State Conservationist's who choose 
to adopt these practices for use within their state will incorporate 
them into Section IV of their Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG). Some 
of these practices may be used in conservation systems that treat 
highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received until not later than November 18, 
1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Gary Nordstrom, 
Director, Ecological Sciences Division (ECS), Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS), Post Office Box 2890, Room 6154-S, 
Washington, DC 20013.
    Copies of these standards are available from NRCS-ECS in 
Washington, DC. Copies are also available electronically on the NRCS 
server at Fort Worth, Texas. The name of the server is 
``ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov.'' Practice standards appear as files in ``/
pub/nhcp/pending.'' Practice code numbers are used as file names in 
this subdirectory. These standards are available as MS Word 6.0 files. 
They should be downloaded from the FTP server as binary 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 30 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.
Gary R. Nordstrom,
Director, Ecological Sciences Division, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, Washington, DC.
[FR Doc. 96-26591 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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