[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 20524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7580]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Changes to the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service's National Handbook of Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the NRCS National 
Handbook of Conservation Practices for public review and comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intention of NRCS to issue 11 
new or revised conservation practice standards in its National Handbook 
of Conservation Practices. These standards include: Alley Cropping 
(Code 311), Prescribed Burning (Code 338), Multistory Cropping (Code 
379), Windbreak-Shelterbelt Establishment (Code 380), Riparian Forest 
Buffer (Code 391), Tree-Shrub Site Preparation (Code 490), Tree-Shrub 
Establishment (Code 612), Windbreak-Shelterbelt Renovation (Code 650), 
Forest Trails and Landings (Code 655), Tree-Shrub Pruning (Code 660), 
and Forest Stand Improvement (Code 666). NRCS State Conservationists 
who choose to adopt these practices for use within their States will 
incorporate them into Section IV of their respective electronic Field 
Office Technical Guides. These practices may be used in conservation 
systems that treat highly erodible land or on land determined to be 
wetland.

DATES: Effective Dates: Comments will be received for a 30-day period 
commencing with this date of publication. This series of new or revised 
conservation practice standards will be adopted after the close of the 
30-day period. Send comments electronically to [email protected], 
or in writing to Daniel Meyer, National Agricultural Engineer, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, Post Office Box 2890, Room 6139-S, 
Washington, DC 20013-2890.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of these standards can be 
downloaded or printed from the following Web site: ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NHQ/practice-standards/federal-register/. Single 
copies of these standards also are available from NRCS in Washington, 
DC. Submit individual inquiries to [email protected], or in writing 
to Daniel Meyer, National Agricultural Engineer, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Post Office Box 2890, Room 6139-S, Washington, DC 
20013-2890.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 requires NRCS to make available, for 
public review and comment, proposed revisions to conservation practice 
standards used to carry out the highly erodible land and wetland 
provisions of the law. For the next 30 days, NRCS will receive comments 
relative to the proposed changes. Following that period, a 
determination will be made by NRCS regarding disposition of those 
comments, and a final determination of changes will be made.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2005.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 05-7580 Filed 4-19-05; 8:45 am]
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