[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43836-43837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20944]


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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 
Louisiana

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the NRCS National 
Handbook of Conservation Practices for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS in Louisiana to issue revised 
conservation practice standard: Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 
(644)

DATES: Comments will be received on or before September 11, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Donald W. 
Gohmert, State Conservationist, Natural

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Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 3737 Government Street, 
Alexandria, Louisiana 71302. 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 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 Louisiana will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Louisiana regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    July 19, 2001.
Donald W. Gohmert,
State Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Alexandria, Louisiana.
[FR Doc. 01-20944 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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