98-6435. Proposed Change to Section IV of the Tennessee Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 1998)]
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[FR Doc No: 98-6435]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service


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

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the 
NRCS Field Office Technical Guide for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS in Tennessee to issue new or 
revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG, as 
follows: Agrichemical Handling Facility (Code 203); Fencing (Code 382); 
Heavy Use Area Protection (Code 561); Nutrient Management (590); Waste 
Management System (Code 312); Waste Storage Facility (Code 313); and 
Waste Treatment Lagoon (Code 359).

DATES: Comments will be received on or before April 13, 1998.

CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Inquire in writing to James W. Ford, State Conservationist, Natural 
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 675 U.S. Courthouse, 801 
Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee 37203. 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 Tennessee will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in 
Tennessee regarding disposition of those comments and a final 
determination of change will be made.

    Dated: March 4, 1998.
James W. Ford,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Nashville, Tennessee.
[FR Doc. 98-6435 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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