[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48211-48212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24285]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida


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

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Florida to issue the following 
revised conservation practice standards for Florida: Irrigation System, 
Subirrigation, (Code 444); Pest Management, (Code 595); Surface 
Flooding of Organic Soils, (Code 201); Well Decommissioning,

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(Code 351); and Well Plugging, (Code 206) in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received until October 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to T. Niles 
Glasgow, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS), P.O. Box 141510, Gainesville, Florida 32614-1510. 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 Florida will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Florida regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: September 3, 1997.
T. Niles Glasgow,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Gainesville, Florida.
[FR Doc. 97-24285 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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