[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 106 (Friday, June 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 32566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11025]


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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 NRCS-Michigan 
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 (560)
Closure of Waste Impoundments (360)
Forage Harvest Management (511)
Heavy Use Protection Area (561)
Irrigation System, Sprinkler (442)
Manure Transfer (634)
Nutrient Management (590)
Pasture and Hay Planting (512)
Prescribed Grazing (528)
Sediment Basin (350)
Stream Crossing (578)
Stripcropping (585)
Structure for Water Control (587)
Subsurface Drain (606)
Waste Facility Cover (347)
Well Decommissioning (351)

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-Technology, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, 3001 Coolidge Road, Suite 250, East 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: May 13, 2005.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, East Lansing, Michigan.
[FR Doc. 05-11025 Filed 6-2-05; 8:45 am]
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