[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14878-14879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6365]


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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 
Georgia

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Georgia to issue interim and 
revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The 
revised standards are Nutrient Management (590); Waste Utilization 
(633); Waste Treatment Lagoon (359); Waste Storage Structure (313); 
Manure Transfer (634); Closure of Waste Impoundments (360). The interim 
conservation practice standard being added to Section IV of the FOTG 
are Waste Field Storage (749); Incinerator (769); and Animal Mortality 
Freezers (774).

DATES: Comments will be received until April 13, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Address all requests and comments to 
Earl Cosby, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service (NRCS); Stephens Federal Building, MS 200; 355 E. Hancock Ave., 
Athens, Georgia, 30601. Copies of these standards will be made 
available upon written request. You may submit your electronic requests 
and comments to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that after enactment of the 
law,

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revisions made 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 Georgia will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Georgia regarding disposition of these comments and a final 
determination of changes will be made.

    Dated: February 5, 2001.
Richard Oliver,
Assistant State Conservationist, Athens, Ga.
[FR Doc. 01-6365 Filed 3-13-01; 8:45 am]
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