97-4945. Proposed Changes in the NRCS National Handbook of Conservation Practices for Review and Comment

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4945]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service


Proposed Changes in the NRCS National Handbook of Conservation 
Practices for Review and Comment

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the NRCS National 
Handbook of Conservation Practices for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to issue a series of new or 
revised conservation practice standards in its National Handbook of 
Conservation Practices. These standards include Contour Buffer Strips 
(332), Filter Strips (393A), Tree/Shrub Pruning (660A), Riparian Forest 
Buffer (391A), and Manure Transfer (634). NRCS State Conservationist' s 
who choose to adopt these practices for use within their state will 
incorporate them into Section IV of their Field Office Technical Guide 
(FOTG). Some of these practices may be used in conservation systems 
that treat highly erodible land or on land determined to be wetland.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before April 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Submit individual inquiries in writing 
to Gary Nordstrom, Director, Ecological Sciences Division (ECS), 
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), P.O. Box 2890, Room 
6154-S, Washington, DC 20013-2890.
    Single copies of these standards are available from NRCS-ECS in 
Washington, DC. Copies are also available electronically from the NRCS 
server at Fort Worth, Texas. The name of the server is 
ftp.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov. Practice standards appear as files in /pub/nhcp/
pending. Practice code numbers are used as file names in this 
subdirectory. These standards are available as MS Word 6.0 files. They 
should be downloaded from the FTP server as binary files.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 requires the NRCS to make available 
for public review and comment proposed revisions to conservation 
practice standards used to carry out the highly erodible land and 
wetland provisions of the law. For the next 60 days the NRCS will 
receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that 
period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding disposition 
of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.
Gary R. Nordstrom,
Director, Ecological Sciences Division, Natural Resources Conservation 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-4945 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
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