[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24830]



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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 
Oklahoma

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Oklahoma to issue a series of 
new and revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the 
FOTG. These new standards include Access Road (Code 560); Forage 
Harvest Management (Code 511); Irrigation Erosion Control, 
Polyacrylamide (Code I-444); Low Energy Precision Application (LEPA) 
Irrigation System (Code I-442A); Stream Crossing (Code I/583A); Well 
Decommissioning (Code 351); and Wetland Development or Restoration 
(Code 657). The revised standards include Brush Management (Code 314); 
Conservation Cover (Code 327); Firebreak (Code 394); Forest Site 
Preparation (Code 490); Forest Stand Improvement (Code 666); Grade 
Stabilization Structure (Code 410); Pond (Code 378); Prescribed Grazing 
(Code 528A); Residue Management, No Till and Strip Till (Code 329A); 
Residue Management, Mulch Till (Code 329B); Residue Management, Ridge 
Till (Code 329C); Residue Management, Seasonal (Code 344); Riparian 
Forest Buffer (Code 391); Terrace (Code 600); Tree/Shrub Establishment 
(Code 612); Tree/Shrub Pruning (Code 660); Trough or Tank (Code 614); 
Windbreak Renovation (Code 650); and Windbreak/Shelterbelt 
Establishment (Code 380). Some of these practices may be used in 
conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before October 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to Kevin D. Norton, State Resource Conservationist, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 100 USDA, Suite 203, 
Stillwater, OK 74074-2655. Copies of these 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 Oklahoma will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Oklahoma regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: September 3, 1997.
Ronnie L. Clark,
State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
[FR Doc. 97-24830 Filed 9-17-97; 8:45 am]
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