[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 18, 2009)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 7563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3354]
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Proposed Rules
Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 18, 2009 /
Proposed Rules
[[Page 7563]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
7 CFR Part 625
RIN 0578-AA52
Healthy Forests Reserve Program
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; Reopening public comments.
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SUMMARY: On January 14, 2009, NRCS published in the Federal Register a
proposed rule for the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) with a
public comment period closing on February 13, 2009. The proposed rule
included changes to address amendments to HFRP associated with
enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. NRCS is
hereby reopening the public comment period for the HFRP proposed rule
and amending the closing date to March 20, 2009.
DATES: Comments to the HFRP proposed rule, published in the Federal
Register on January 14, 2009 (74 FR 1954) must be received on or before
March 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments using any of the following methods:
Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending comments
electronically.
NRCS Web site: Go to http://www.nrcs.usda.gov and follow
the instructions for sending comments electronically.
Mail: Easements Programs Division, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Healthy Forests Reserve Program Comments, P.O.
2890, Room 6819-S, Washington, DC 20013.
Fax: 1-202-720-4265.
Hand Delivery: Room 6819-S of the USDA South Office
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250, between
9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Please ask the guard at the entrance to the South Office Building to
call 202-720-4527 in order to be escorted into the building.
This proposed rule may be accessed via Internet. Users can
access the NRCS homepage at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/; select Farm Bill
link from the menu; select the Proposed Rule link from beneath the
Rules Index title. Persons with disabilities who require alternative
means for communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should
contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Easement Programs Division,
NRCS, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890; Phone: (202) 720-1854;
Fax: (202) 720-4265; or e-mail: [email protected].
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact
the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
Signed this 11th day of February 2009, in Washington, DC.
Dave White,
Acting Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation and Acting Chief,
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. E9-3354 Filed 2-17-09; 8:45 am]
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