03-5085. Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana

AGENCY:

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

ACTION:

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

SUMMARY:

It is the intention of NRCS in Indiana to remove one standard and issue four revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised standards are: Diversion (362), Stream Habitat Improvement and Management (395), Waste Water Treatment Strip (635), and Watering Facility (614). The standard we intend to remove from the FOTG is Bedding (310). These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land and/or wetlands.

DATES:

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

ADDRESSES:

Address all requests and comments to Jane E. Hardisty, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 6013 Lakeside Blvd., Indianapolis, Indiana 46278. Copies of this standard will be made available upon written request. You may submit your electronic requests and comments to [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jane E. Hardisty, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that after enactment of the law, revisions made 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 Indiana will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in Indiana regarding disposition of those comments and a final determination of changes will be made.

Dated: February 11, 2003.

Travis Neely,

Acting State Conservationist, Indianapolis, Indiana.