[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66052]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32864]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Changes to the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service's Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG)

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of 
FOTG in North Dakota for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in North Dakota to issue a series 
of new and revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the 
FOTG. These new standards include Cross Wind Stripcropping (589B); 
Residue Management, No-till and Strip Till (329A); Prescribed Grazing 
(528A); and Wildlife Watering Facility (648).
    The revised standards are Field Border (386) and Riparian Forest 
Buffer (391A).

DATES: Comments will be received on or before January 30, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Myron P. 
Senechal, State Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS), PO Box 1458, Bismarck, ND 58502-1458. 
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 North Dakota will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS of 
North Dakota regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of changes will be made.

    Dated: December 11, 1997.
Scott Hoag, Jr.,
State Conservationist, Bismarck, North Dakota.
[FR Doc. 97-32864 Filed 12-16-97; 8:45 am]
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