00-23363. Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Alabama

AGENCY:

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION:

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

SUMMARY:

It is the intention of NRCS in Alabama to issue conservation practice standards:

Filter Strip—Code 393

Nutrient Management—Code 590

Waste Utilization—Code 633

DATES:

Comments will be received until October 12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Robert N. Jones, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 3381 Skyway Drive, P.O. Box 311, Auburn, AL 36830. 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 Alabama will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS in Alabama regarding disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.

Dated: August 31, 2000.

J.B. Chaffin,

Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Auburn, Alabama.