[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 47164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13462]


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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 
Indiana

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of 
Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the 
FOTG of the NRCS in Indiana for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Indiana to issue three (3) 
revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The 
revised standards are: Surface Drainage, Field Ditch (607), Surface 
Drainage, Main or Lateral (608), and Water and Sediment Control Basin 
(638).
    These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat 
highly erodible land and/or wetlands.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with 
this date of publication.

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and comments to Jane E. Hardisty, State 
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 6013 
Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46278. Copies of these standards 
will be made available upon written request. You may submit your 
electronic requests and comments to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane E. Hardisty, 317-290-3200.

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

    Dated: July 27, 2006.
Jane E. Hardisty,
State Conservationist, Indianapolis, Indiana.
 [FR Doc. E6-13462 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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