[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 57375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22858]


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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 
Michigan

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Michigan NRCS 
FOTG, Section IV for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Michigan to issue revised 
conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised 
standards include:

Access Road (Ft.) 560
Brush Management (Ac.) 314
Clearing and Snagging (Ft.) 326
Commercial Fish Ponds (Ac.) 397
Conservation Cover (Ac.) 327
Conservation Crop Rotation (Ac.) 328
Contour Farming (Ac.) 330
Contour Orchard and Other Fruit Area (Ac.) 331
Contour Stripcropping (Ac.) 585
Cross Wind Stripcropping (Ac.) 589B
Cross Wind Trap Strip--Field (Ac.) 589C
Cross Wind Trap Strip--Filter (Ac.) 589C
Deep Tillage (Ac.) 324
Dike (Ft.) 356
Diversion (Ft.) 362
Drainage Water Management (Ac.) 554
Dry Hydrant (No.) 432
Field Ditch (Ft.) 607
Filter Strip--Animal Waste Management (Ac.) 780
Fish Pond Management (No.) 399
Fish Raceway or Tank (Ft.) 398
Grade Stabilization Structure (No.) 410
Irrigation Pit or Regulating Reservoir (No.) 552-A
Irrigation Pit or Regulating Reservoir (No.) 552-B
Irrigation Storage Reservoir (No.) 436
Irrigation System, Microirrigation (No. & Ac.) 441
Irrigation System, Sprinkler (No. & Ac.) 442
Irrigation Water Conveyance Pipeline--High-Pressure, Underground, 
Plastic (Ft.) 430-DD
Irrigation Water Conveyance Pipeline--Low-Pressure, Underground, 
Plastic (Ft.) 430-EE
Irrigation Water Management (Ac.) 449
Land Reconstruction, Abandoned Mined Land (Ac.) 543
Land Reconstruction, Currently Mined Land (Ac.) 544
Land Smoothing (Ac.) 466
Lined Waterway or Outlet (Ft.) 468
Mine Shaft and Adit Closing (No.) 457
Mulching (Ac.) 484
Nutrient Management (Ac.) 590
Obstruction Removal (Ac.) 500
Open Channel (Ft.) 582
Pest Management (Ac.) 595
Pond Sealing or Lining--Bentonite Treatment (No.) 521-C
Pond Sealing or Lining--Flexible Membrane (No.) 521-A
Pond Sealing or Lining--Soil Dispersant (No.) 521-B
Pumping Plant for Water Control (No.) 533
Recreation Area Improvement (Ac.) 562
Residue Management, Ridge Till (Ac.) 329C
Residue Management, Seasonal (Ac.) 344
Riparian Forest Buffer (Ac.) 391
Sediment Basin (No.) 350
Spring Development (No.) 574
Stream Channel Stabilization (Ft.) 584
Stream Crossing and Livestock Access (Ft.) 728
Stripcropping, Field (Ac.) 586
Structure for Water Control (No.) 587
Subsurface Drain (Ft.) 606
Surface Drainage, Main or Lateral (Ft.) 608
Underground Outlet (Ft.) 620
Waste Utilization (No. & Ac.) 633
Water and Sediment Control Basin (No.) 638
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (Ft.) 380
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation (Ft.) 650

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Kevin Wickey, 
Assistant State Conservationist for Technology, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, 3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 250, E. Lansing, MI 
48823. Copies of these standards will be made available upon written 
request. You may submit electronic requests and comments to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Wickey 517-324-5279.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 393 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 Michigan will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Michigan regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: August 23, 2002.
Ronald C. Williams,
State Conservationist, E. Lansing, Michigan.
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