Notice of proposed change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the NRCS in MS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Notice of proposed change to Section IV of the Field Office

Technical Guide (FOTG) of the NRCS in MS

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Mississippi,

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Mississippi for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: NRCS in Mississippi is issuing the following new conservation

practice standards: Agrichemical Mixing Center (Code 702), Conservation

Crop Rotation (Code 3289), Cross Slope Farming (Code 733), Fence (Code

382), Filter Strip (Code 393), Forage Harvest Management (Code 511),

Forest Harvest Trials and Landings (Code 655), Forest Site Preparation

(Code 490), Forest Stand Improvement (Code 666), Heavy Use Protection

Area (Code 561), Prescribed Grazing (Code 528A), Residue Management No-

Till & Strip-Till (Code 329A), Residue Management, Mulch Till (Code

329B), Residue Management, Ridge Till (Code 329C), Residue Management,

Seasonal (Code 344), Stream Crossing (Code 733), Tree/Shrub

Establishment (Code 612), Use Exclusion (Code 472), Vegetative Barrier

(Code 734), Waste Storage Facility (Code 313), Waste Treatment Lagoon

(Code 359), Well Decommissioning (Code 351) in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before September 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Homer L. Wilkes, State Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Suite 1321 Federal Bldg., 100 West

Capitol St., Jackson, MS 39269. 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 Mississippi will receive comments relative to the stated summary.

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

Mississippi regarding disposition of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Homer L. Wilkes,

State Conservationist, NRCS, Jackson, MS.

[FR Doc. 97-23077 Filed 8-28-97; 8:45 am]

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