[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1406]


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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), Department of 
Agriculture.

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 a 
series of new or revised conservation practice standards in its 
National Handbook of Conservation Practices. These standards include: 
``Cover Crop (Code 340)'', ``Nutrient Management (Code 590)'', 
``Prescribed Forestry (Code 409)'', ``Silvopasture Establishment (Code 
381)'', and ``Spring Development (Code 574)''. 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 (eFOTG). 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.

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 are also available from NRCS in Washington, 
DC. Submit individual inquiries in writing to Daniel Meyer, National 
Agricultural Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, P.O. Box 
2890, Room 6139-S, Washington, DC 20013-2890.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 requires the 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, the NRCS will 
receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that 
period, a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding disposition 
of those comments and a final determination of changes will be made.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2006.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief.
[FR Doc. E6-1406 Filed 2-1-06; 8:45 am]
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