[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] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 173 / Monday, September 8, 1997 / Notices [[Page 47197]] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 3410-16-M