[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28873]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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).

ACTION: Notice of availability of a proposed change in Section IV of 
the FOTG of the NRCS in Oregon for review and comment.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Oregon to issue a revision to 
Conservation Practice Standard 393, Filter Strip, in Section IV of the 
State Technical Guide in Oregon. This practice may be used in 
conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with 
this date of publication. Once the review and comment period is over 
and the standard is finalized, it 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 this 
standard 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: November 1, 2001.
Bob Graham,
State Conservationist, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 01-28873 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-16-P