[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11134]


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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 
Ohio

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Ohio, US 
Department of Agriculture.

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Ohio to issue revised 
conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The proposed 
standard revisions are Critical Area Planting (Code 342), Cover and 
Green Manure Crop (Code 340), Conservation Cover (Code 327), Contour 
Farming (Code 330), and Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332). These 
practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly 
erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before June 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Paul DeArman, 
Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS), 200 North High Street, Room 522, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Copies 
of these standards will be made available upon written request. You may 
submit electronic requests and comments to 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made after the 
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 the 
disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will 
be made.

    Dated: April 16, 1999.
Patrick K. Wolf,
State Conservationist, Columbus, Ohio.
[FR Doc. 99-11134 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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