[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28980]
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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 217 / Monday, November 10, 1997 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Resources Conservation Service in Kentucky; Notice of
Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide
(FOTG) of the National Resources Conservation Service in Kentucky
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Kentucky, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the
FOTG of the NRCS in Kentucky for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS in Kentucky to issue revised
conservation practice standards: Conservation Cover (Code 327),
Conservation Crop Rotation (Code 328), Contour Buffer Strips (Code
332), Contour Farming (Code 330), Critical Area Planting (Code 342),
Field Border (Code 386), Forage Harvest Management (Code 511), Forest
Site Preparation (Code 490), Forest Stand Improvement (Code 666),
Grassed Waterway (Code 412), Heavy Use Area Protection (Code 561),
Obstruction Removal (Code 500), Pasture & Hayland Planting (Code 512),
Prescribed Grazing (Code 528A), Riparian Forest Buffer (Code 391),
Residue Management No-Till & Strip Till (Code 329A), and Windbreak/
Shelterbelt Establishment (Code 380).
DATES: Comments, will be received on or before December 10, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to David G. Sawyer, State Conservationist, Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 771 Corporate Drive, Suite 110,
Lexington, KY 40503-5479. Copies of the practice standards are made
available upon written request.
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 Kentucky will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Kentucky regarding deposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made.
David G. Sawyer,
State Conservationist, National Resources Conservation Service,
Lexington, KY.
[FR Doc. 97-28980 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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