[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 53 (Thursday, March 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7118]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical 
Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Georgia

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Georgia to revise Section IV of 
the Field Office Technical Guide, as follows:--Add New Interim 
Conservation Practice Standards: Agrichemical Handling Facility (Code 
702); Covered Anaerobic Lagoon (Code 360); Dry Hydrant (Code 712); 
Slope Roughening (Code 726); Stream Crossing (Code 728); Waste Facility 
Decommissioning (Code 709); Watering Ramp (Code 730); Well and Water 
Testing (Code 731);--Add Conservation Practice Standards: Animal Trails 
and Walkways (Code 575); Conservation Cover (Code 327); Forage Harvest 
Management (Code 511); Forest Harvest Trails and Landings (Code 655); 
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Low-pressure Plastic Pipe (Code 430-EE); 
Lined Waterways and Outlets (Code 468); Prescribed Grazing (Code 528A); 
Pumping Plant for Water Control (Code 533); Roof Runoff Management 
(Code 558); Structure for Water Control (Code 587); Well 
Decommissioning (Code 351); Windbreak/Shelterbreak Establishment (Code 
380); Windbreak/Shelterbreak Renovation (Code 650);--Revise 
Conservation Practice Standards: Wildlife Upland Habitat Management 
(Code 645); Critical Area Planting (Code 342); Access Road (Code 560); 
Composting Facility (Code 317); Diversion (Code 362); Fence (Code 382); 
Heavy Use Area Protection (Code 561); Pond (Code 378); Riparian Forest 
Buffer (Code 391); Terrace (Code 600); Waste Storage Facility (Code 
313); Waste Treatment Lagoon (Code 359); Streambank and Shoreline 
Protection (Code 580); Stream Channel Stabilization (Code 584); Surface 
Drainage, Field Ditch (Code 607), Main or Lateral (Code 608); 
Prescribed Burning (Code 338);--Rename Conservation Practice Standards: 
Forest Site Preparation (Code 490); Forest Stand Improvement (Code 
666); Use Exclusion (Code 472); Tree/Shrub Establishment (Code 612). 
These practices can be used in systems that treat highly erodible land, 
improve water quality and improve wildlife habitat.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before April 20, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Inquire in writing to Earl Cosby, State 
Conservationist, USDA State Office Service Center, Mail Stop 200, 
Stephens Federal Building, 355 East Hancock Ave., Athens, Georgia 
30601. Copies of the Conservation Practice Standards will be made 
available upon written request. Copies are also available 
electronically on the Georgia Homepage or NRCS server. The web site 
address is ``http://www.ga.nrcs.usda.gov/reg/cps.html''. These 
standards are available as MS Word 6.0 files. The name of the Georgia 
NRCS server is ``seweb.ga.nrcs.usda.gov''. Practice standards appear as 
files in ``/pub/outgoing/gastandards'' directory. Using FTP download as 
binary files.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agricultural 
Improvement and Reform Act of the 1996 states that revisions to NRCS 
State technical guides used to carry out highly erodible land and 
wetland provisions of the law made after enactment of the law shall be 
available for public review and comment. For the next 30 days the NRCS 
in Georgia will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Georgia regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: March 11, 1998.
Earl Cosby,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Athens, 
Georgia.
[FR Doc. 98-7118 Filed 3-18-98; 8:45 am]
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