[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 1978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-469]


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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), U.S. 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: 
``Conservation Cover (Code 327)'', ``Contour Farming (Code 330)'', 
``Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332)'', ``Critical Area Treatment (Code 
342)'', ``Field Border (Code 386)'', ``Irrigation System, Tailwater 
Recovery (Code 447)'', ``Sinkhole and Sinkhole Area Treatment (Code 
527)'', and ``Prescribed Grazing (Code 528).'' 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 a wetland.

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, after consideration of all comments.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted by one of the following 
methods:
    1. By replying directly to this Notice through the automatic 
comment feature of the Federal Register;
    2. In writing to: National Agricultural Engineer, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, Post Office Box 2890, Room 6139-S, Washington, DC 
20013-2890; or
    3. Electronically by e-mail to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of these standards are attached 
to this Notice or 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, Post Office Box 2890, Room 6139-S, Washington, DC 
20013-2890, or electronically to [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 December 22, 2006.
Arlen L. Lancaster,
Chief.
[FR Doc. E7-469 Filed 1-16-07; 8:45 am]
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