[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3114]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Change to Section I of the South Dakota and 
North Dakota State Technical Guides

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

ACTION: Notice of Availability of proposed changes in the South Dakota 
and North Dakota NRCS State Technical Guides for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRCS State Conservationists for South Dakota and North 
Dakota have determined that changes must be made to the NRCS State 
Technical Guides concerning State wetland mapping conventions. The two 
States are proposing to issue joint State wetland mapping conventions. 
The joint State wetland mapping conventions will be used as part of the 
technical documents to conduct wetland determinations on agriculture 
land as part of the National Food Security Act of 1985, as amended.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For South Dakota, inquire in writing 
to Janet L. Oertly, State Conservationist, NRCS, Federal Building, 200 
Fourth Street, SW., Room 203, Huron, South Dakota 57350; Telephone 
number (605) 352-1200; Fax number (605) 352-1288. Copies of the joint 
State wetland mapping conventions will be made available upon written 
request to the address shown above or on the South Dakota NRCS Web 
site: http://www.sd.nrcs.usda.gov/Public_Notices.html.
    For North Dakota, inquire in writing to Paul J. Sweeney, State 
Conservationist, NRCS, 220 East Rosser Avenue, Federal Building, Room 
270, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501; Telephone number (701) 530-2000; Fax 
number (701) 530-2109. Copies of the joint State wetland mapping 
conventions will be made available upon written request to the address 
shown above or on the North Dakota NRCS Web site: http://www.nd.nrcs.usda.gov/Public_notices.html.

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

    Dated: February 4, 2011.
Janet L. Oertly,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Huron, 
South Dakota.
Paul J. Sweeney,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Bismarck, North Dakota.
[FR Doc. 2011-3114 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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