[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 198 (Wednesday, October 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27516]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Proposed Changes to Section 4 of the Iowa State Technical Guide

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the Iowa NRCS 
State Technical Guide for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for 
Iowa that changes must be made in the NRCS State Technical Guide 
specifically in practice standards #327, Conservation Cover; #330, 
Contour Farming; #332, Contour Buffer Strips; #412, Grassed Waterway; 
#585, Stripcropping, Contour; and #638, Water and Sediment Control 
Basin, to account for improved technology. This practice can be used in 
systems that treat highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be reviewed on or before November 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leroy Brown, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, Federal Building, 210 Walnut Street, Suite 693, Des Moines, 
Iowa 50309; at 515/284-4260; fax 515/284-4394.

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 
will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that 
period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding disposition 
of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.
Dennis J. Pate,
Acting State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 98-27516 Filed 10-13-98; 8:45 am]
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