[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56159-56160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21026]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Natural Resources Conservation Service

7 CFR Part 1469


Conservation Security Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Interim final rule; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Conservation Security Program (CSP) is authorized by Title 
XII, Chapter 2, Subchapter A, of the Food Security Act of 1985, as 
amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The 
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published an Interim 
Final Rule for CSP on June 21, 2004, (69 FR 34502), with a comment 
period expiring September 20, 2004. By this document, NRCS is extending 
the period during which it will accept public comment on the Interim 
Final Rule for CSP to October 5, 2004. This extension is to give the 
public additional time to comment on key issues that have been raised 
regarding the implementation of the program.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked by midnight October 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send comments in writing, by mail, to Financial Assistance

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Programs Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, P.O. Box 
2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890, or by e-mail to 
[email protected]; Attn: Conservation Security Program.
    The Interim Final Rule may also be accessed via the Internet 
through the NRCS homepage, at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov, and by 
selecting Programs. All comments, including names and addresses when 
provided, are placed in the record and are available for public 
inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Derickson, Conservation Security 
Program Manager, Financial Assistance Programs Division, NRCS, P.O. Box 
2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890, telephone: (202) 720-1845; fax: (202) 
720-4265. Submit e-mail to: [email protected], Attention: 
Conservation Security Program.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2004.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 04-21026 Filed 9-17-04; 8:45 am]
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