[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16373-16374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7609]


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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) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 
Oregon

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed change 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 a revision to 
Conservation Practice Standard 580, Streambank and Shoreline 
Protection, in Section IV of the State Technical Guide in Oregon. This 
practice may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible 
land.

DATES: Comments will be received until April 27, 2000. Once the review 
and comment period is over and the standard is finalized, it will be 
placed in the individual Field Office Technical Guide 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 this 
standard 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

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will be made. In Oregon, ``technical guides'' refers to the Field 
Office Technical Guide maintained at each NRCS Field Office in Oregon.

    Dated: March 21, 2000.
Bob Graham,
State Conservationist, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 00-7609 Filed 3-27-00; 8:45 am]
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