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99-21848. 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 64, Number 162 (Monday, August 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45948-45949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21848]
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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) in Oklahoma, U.S.
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a proposed change 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 revised
conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised
standards are Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332), Cross Wind Trap Strips
(Code 589C), Field Border (Code 386), Filter Strip (Code 393), Residue
Management, Mulch Till (Code 329B), Residue Management, No Till and
Strip Till (Code 329A), Pasture and Hayland Planting (Code 512), and
Conservation Crop Rotation(Code 328). These practices may be used in
conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.
DATES: Comments will be received until September 22, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Keith Vaughan,
ASTC (Ecological Sciences), Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS), 100 USDA, Suite 206, Stillwater, OK 74074-2655. Copies of these
standards will be made available upon written request. You may submit
electronic requests and comments to Keith.Vaughan@ok.usda.gov.
Telephone 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 change.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Oklahoma regarding
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disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will
be made.
Dated: August 13, 1999.
Ronnie L. Clark,
State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
[FR Doc. 99-21848 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 08/23/1999
- Department:
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of availability of a proposed change in Section IV of the FOTG of the NRCS in Oklahoma for review and comment.
- Document Number:
- 99-21848
- Dates:
- Comments will be received until September 22, 1999.
- Pages:
- 45948-45949 (2 pages)
- PDF File:
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99-21848.pdf