[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5562-5563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2859]


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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 new and 
revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The 
revised standards are Tree/Shrub Establishment (612) and Forest Site 
Preparation (490). The new standard is Tree/Shrub Pruning (660).

DATES: Comments will be received until March 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Address all requests and comments to 
Leonard Jordan, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service (NRCS); Stephens Federal Building, MS 200; 355 East 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, 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

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of these comments and a final determination of changes will be made.

    Dated: January 22, 2002.
Richard Oliver,
Assistant State Conservationist, Athens, GA.
[FR Doc. 02-2859 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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