98-28836. Natural Resources Conservation Service Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 58704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28836]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


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

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Alabama to issue conservation 
practice standards:

Firebreak--(Code 394)
Forage Harvest Management--(Code 511)
Forest Harvest Trails and Landings--(Code 655)
Forest Site Preparation--(Code 490)
Forest Stand Improvement--(Code 666)
Irrigation System, Sprinkler--(Code 442)
Prescribed Burning--(Code 338)
Pumping Plant for Water Control--(Code 533)
Riparian Forest Buffer--(Code 391A)
Tree/Shrub Establishment--(Code 612)
Tree/Shrub Pruning--(Code 660A)
Waste Treatment Lagoon--(Code 359)

DATES: Comments will be received until December 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Inquire in writing to Ronnie D. Murphy, State Conservationist, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 3381 Skyway Drive, P.O. Box 311, 
Auburn, AL 36830. Copies of the practice standards will be 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 Alabama will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Alabama regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

Ray Donaldson,
Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, Auburn, Alabama.
[FR Doc. 98-28836 Filed 10-30-98; 8:45 am]
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