98-30345. Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oklahoma

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30345]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office 
Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 
Oklahoma

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the 
FOTG of the NRCS in Oklahoma for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Oklahoma to issue a new and 
revised conservation practice standards Section IV of the FOTG. The new 
standard is Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332). The revised standard is 
Riparian Forest Buffer (Code 391A). These practices may be used in 
conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.

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

ADDRESSES: Address all requests and comments to Keith Vaughan, State 
Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS), 100 USDA, Suite 203, Stillwater, OK 74074-2655. Copies of these 
standards will be made available upon written request. You may submit 
electronic requests and comments to [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Vaughan, 405-742-1240.

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 Oklahoma will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Oklahoma regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of changes will be made.

    Dated: October 21, 1998.
Ronnie L. Clark,
State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
[FR Doc. 98-30345 Filed 11-12-98; 8:45 am]
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