99-369. Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-369]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Natural Resources Conservation Service

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, DOA.

ACTION: Notice of change.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 343 of Subtitle E of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIRA) that requires 
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide public notice and comment under 
Section 553 of Title 5, United States Code, with regard to any future 
technical guides that are used to carry out Subtitles A, B, and C of 
Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.), 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, gives notice of revisions to all conservation practices in 
Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guides (FOTG) located in 
Washington State.
    These revisions to conservation practices in Section IV of State 
technical guides are subject to these provisions, since one or more 
could be used as part of a conservation management system to comply 
with the Highly Erodible Land Conservation or Wetland Conservation 
requirements.
    At this time, four conservation practices are being added/and or 
revised to Section IV of the state's FOTG's:
     Contour Buffer Strips: NRCS Code Number: 332.
     Riparian Forest Buffer: NRCS Code Number: 391.
     Nutrient Management: NRCS Code Number: 590.
     Best Management: NRCS Code Number: 595.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank R. Easter, Watershed Planning 
Team Leader, USDA-NRCS, 316 West Boone Avenue, Suite 450, Spokane, WA 
99201-2348 Telephone number: [phone].

    Dated: January 4, 1999.
Frank R. Easter,
State Conservationist.
[FR Doc. 99-369 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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