[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8203]


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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: 
``Above Ground, Multi-Outlet Pipeline (Code 431),'' ``Irrigation 
System, Microirrigation (Code 441),'' ``Pond Sealing or Lining--
Flexible Membrane (Code 521A),'' ``Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mine 
Land (Code 543),'' ``Land Reclamation, Currently Mined Land (Code 
544),'' and ``Watering Facility (Code 614).'' 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. Final versions of these new 
or revised conservation practice standards will be adopted after the 
close of the 30-day period, following consideration of all comments. 
Comments should be submitted to Daniel Meyer, National Agricultural 
Engineer, at Natural Resources Conservation Service, Post Office Box 
2890, Room 6139-S, Washington, DC 20013-2890, or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

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' National 
Headquarters. Submit individual inquiries in writing to Daniel Meyer, 
National Agricultural Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Post Office Box 2890, Room 6139-S, Washington, DC 20013-2890, or 
electronically at [email protected].

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 May 17, 2006.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. E6-8203 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]
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