[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 34 (Friday, February 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 8335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3878]


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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 
Oregon

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Oregon to issue revisions to 
Conservation Practice Standards 582, Open Channel, and 584, Stream 
Channel Stabilization, in Section IV of the State Technical Guide in 
Oregon. These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat 
highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with 
this date of publication. Once the review and comment period is over 
and the standards are finalized, they will be placed in the individual 
Field Office Technical Guides in each field office.

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and comments to Bob Graham, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 101 SW 
Main Street, Suite 1300, Portland, Oregon 97204. Copies of these 
standards will be made available upon written request. You may submit 
electronic requests and comments to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Graham, 503-414-3200.

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 Oregon will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Oregon regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of changes will be made. In Oregon, ``technical guides'' 
refers to the Field Office Technical Guide maintained at each NRCS 
Field Office in Oregon.

    Dated: February 11, 2000.
Bob Graham,
State Conservationist, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 00-3878 Filed 2-17-00; 8:45 am]
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