Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Connecticut and Rhode Island

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

Connecticut and Rhode Island

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Connecticut

and Rhode Island, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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

FOTG of the NRCS in Connecticut and Rhode Island for review and

comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS in Connecticut and Rhode

Island to issue revised conservation practice standards: Riparian

Forest Buffer (Code 391A), Riparian Herbaceous Buffer (Code 759),

Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems (Code 766).

DATES: Comments will be received until November 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Margo L.

Wallace, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), 16 Professional Park Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06268-1299.

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 Connecticut and Rhode Island will receive comments relative to the

proposed changes. Following that period a determination will be made by

the NRCS in Connecticut and Rhode Island regarding deposition of those

comments and a final determination of change will be made.

Dated: September 28, 1998.

Margo L. Wallace,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service.

[FR Doc. 98-27589 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]

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