[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 99 (Monday, May 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 32075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12782]


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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 
Tennessee

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Tennessee to issue a revised 
conservation practice standard, Filter Strip (Code 393), in Section IV 
of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before June 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to James W. Ford, 
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 
675 U.S. Courthouse, 801 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee 37203. Copies 
of the practice standards will be made available upon written request.

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 perform 
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 Tennessee will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Tennessee regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: May 10, 2000.
James W. Ford,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Nashville, Tennessee.
[FR Doc. 00-12782 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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