[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 237 (Friday, December 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 76984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31338]


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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 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 327, Conservation Cover, and 328, 
Conservation Crop Rotation, 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 until on or before January 8, 2001. 
Once the review and comment period is over and the standards are 
finalized, they will be placed in the individual Field Office Technical 
Guide in each field office.

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and comments to Roy M. Carlson, Jr., 
Leader for Technology, 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: Roy M. Carlson, Jr., 503-414-3231.

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: December 4, 2000.
Roy M. Carlson, Jr.,
Acting State Conservationist, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 00-31338 Filed 12-7-00; 8:45 am]
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