Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Oklahoma

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 proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Oklahoma for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: Is is the intention of NRCS in Oklahoma to issue a series of

new and revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the

FOTG. These new standards include Channel Vegetation (Code 322);

Chiseling and Subsoiling (Code 324); Conservation Crop Rotation (Code

328); Cross Wind Ridges (Code 589A); Cross Wind Stripcropping (Code

489B); Cross Wind Trap Strips (Code 489C); and Herbaceous Wind Barriers

(Code 422A). Some of these practices may be used in conservation

systems that treat highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before August 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Kevin D. Norton,

Acting State Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation

Service (NRCS), 100 USDA, Suite 203, Stillwater, OK 74074-2655. Copies

of these 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 Oklahoma will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.

Following the period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in

Oklahoma regarding disposition of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: July 9, 1997.

Ronnie L. Clark,

State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

[FR Doc. 97-19038 Filed 7-18-97; 8:45 am]

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