Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Filed Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Louisiana

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Filed Office

Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in

Louisiana

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

of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the NRCS National

Handbook of Conservation Practices for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS in Louisiana to issue revised

conservation practice standards: Prescribed Grazing (Code 528A), Brush

Management (Code 314), Fence (Code 382), Pipeline (Code 516), and

Trough or Tank (Code 614), in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with

this date of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire a writing to Donald W.

Gohmert, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), 3737 Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302. 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 of the

NRCS in Louisiana will receive comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period a determination will be made by the NRCS

in Louisiana regarding disposition of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: June 5, 1997.

Donald W. Gohmert,

State Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service,

Alexandria, Louisiana 71302.

[FR Doc. 97-15781 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]

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