[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23674]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office 
Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 
Alabama

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the 
FOTG of the NRCS in Alabama for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Alabama to issue conservation 
practice standards: Animal Trails and Walkways (575), Composting 
Facility (317), Conservation Cover (327), Fence (382), Heavy Use Area 
Protection (561), Nutrient Management (590), Portable Chemical Mixing 
Station (192), Prescribed Grazing (528A), Riparian Forest Buffer 
(391A), and Waste Utilization (633), in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Ronnie D. 
Murphy, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS), 3381 Skyway Drive, P.O. Box 311, Auburn, AL 36830. Copies of 
the practice standards will be made available upon written request.

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 Alabama will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Alabama regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.
Ronnie D. Murphy,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Auburn, 
Alabama.
[FR Doc. 97-23674 Filed 9-5-97; 8:45 am]
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