[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28262]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Virginia Field 
Office Technical Guide

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS 
Field Office Technical Guide for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for 
Virginia that changes must be made in the NRCS Field Office Technical 
Guide specifically in practice standards: #560, Access; #326, Clearing 
and Snagging; #324, Deep Tillage; #432, Dry Hydrant; #412, Grassed 
Waterway; #603, Herbaceous Wind Barriers; #468, Lined Waterway or 
Outlet; #512, Pasture and Hayland Planting; #378, Pond; #521C, Pond 
Sealing or Lining, Bentonite Treatment; #521B, Pond Sealing or Lining, 
Soil Dispersant; #533, Pumping Plant for Water Control; #344, Residue 
Use; #391, Riparian Forest Buffer; #646, Shallow Water Management; 
#606, Subsurface Drain; #608, Surface Drainage, Main or Lateral; #313, 
Waste Storage Facility; #359, Waste Treatment Lagoon; and #644, Wetland 
Wildlife Habitat Management to account for improved technology. These 
practices will be used to plan and install conservation practices on 
cropland, pastureland, woodland, and wildlife land.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with 
the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to M. Denise 
Doetzer, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS), 1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, Virginia 23229-5014; 
Telephone number (804) 287-1665; Fax number (804) 287-1736. Copies of 
the practice standards will be made available upon written request to 
the address shown above or on the Virginia NRCS web site: http://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/DataTechRefs/Standards&Specs/EDITStds/EditStandards.htm.

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

    Dated: October 30, 2001.
M. Denise Doetzer,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Richmond, Virginia.
[FR Doc. 01-28262 Filed 11-9-01; 8:45 am]
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