[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 8681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4029]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office 
Technical Guide (FOTG) in Mississippi

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Mississippi.

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Mississippi to issue new and 
revised conservation practices of the FOTG in its entirety. Each of 123 
standards under the responsibility of Ecological Sciences and 
Engineering are being issued and are available for public comment.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before March 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Inquire in writing to Homer L. Wilkes, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Suite 1321 
Federal Building, 100 W. Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39269. Copies of 
the draft conservation practice standards will be made available upon 
written request.

BACKGROUND 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 Mississippi will receive comments relative to the stated summary. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Mississippi regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: February 11, 2000.
Richard L. Peace,
State Conservation Engineer, Jackson, MS.
[FR Doc. 00-4029 Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
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