99-23607. Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Florida

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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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 
Florida

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

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

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Florida to issue the following 
conservation practice standards for Florida: Irrigation Water 
Management (Code 449); Nutrient Management (Code 590); Forage Harvest 
Management (Code 511); Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (Code 548); 
Waste Utilization (Code 633), in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before October 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to T. Niles 
Glasgow, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
(NRCS), P.O. Box 141510, Gainesville, Florida 32614-1510. Copies of the 
practice standards will be made available upon written request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agricultural 
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 Florida will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. 
Following that period a determination will be made by NRCS in Florida 
regarding disposition of those comments and a final determination of 
change will be made.

    Dated: August 31, 1999.
T. Niles Glasgow,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Gainesville, Florida.
[FR Doc. 99-23607 Filed 9-9-99; 8:45 am]
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