[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 71 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19870-19871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07686]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Docket No. NRCS-2020-0008]


Proposed Revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation 
Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service

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

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening and extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: NRCS is announcing the reopening and 2-week extension of the 
comment period to give the public an opportunity to provide comments on 
specified conservation practice standards in National Handbook of 
Conservation Practices (NHCP). The comment period will end on April 22, 
2021.

DATES: Comment Date: We will consider comments that we receive by April 
22, 2021. The comment period for the notice published on March 9, 2021 
(86 FR 13522-13524) is reopened.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may 
submit comments through the:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for docket ID NRCS-2020-0008. Follow the 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail, or Hand Delivery: Mr. Clarence Prestwich, National

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Agricultural Engineer, Conservation Engineering Division, NRCS, USDA, 
1400 Independence Avenue, South Building, Room 4636, Washington, DC 
20250. In your comment, specify the docket ID NRCS-2020-0008.
    All comments will be available on http://www.regulations.gov.
    The copies of the proposed revised standards are available through 
http://www.regulations.gov by accessing Docket No. NRCS-2020-0008. 
Alternatively, the proposed revised standards can be downloaded or 
printed from http://go.usa.gov/TXye.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Clarence Prestwich; telephone: 
(202) 720-2972; or email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRCS is reopening and extending the comment 
period on the National Handbook of Conversation Practices (NHCP). The 
initial notice was published on March 9, 2021 (86 FR 13522-13524). The 
comment period closed on April 8, 2021. NRCS is reopening and extending 
the comment period and will accept comments received by April 22, 2021.
    NRCS is planning to revise the conservation practice standards in 
the NHCP. The notice published March 9, 2021 (86 FR 13522-13524), 
included an overview of the planned changes and gives the public an 
opportunity to provide comments on the specific conservation practice 
standards that NRCS is changing.

Terry Cosby,
Acting Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-07686 Filed 4-14-21; 8:45 am]
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