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

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

Ohio

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Ohio, US

Department of Agriculture.

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

FOTG of the NRCS in Ohio for review and comment.

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

conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The proposed

standard revisions are Critical Area Planting (Code 342), Cover and

Green Manure Crop (Code 340), Conservation Cover (Code 327), Contour

Farming (Code 330), and Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332). These

practices may be used in conservation systems that treat highly

erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received on or before June 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Paul DeArman,

Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), 200 North High Street, Room 522, Columbus, Ohio 43215. Copies

of these standards will be made available upon written request. You may

submit electronic requests and comments to

[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made after the

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

will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding the

disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will

be made.

Dated: April 16, 1999.

Patrick K. Wolf,

State Conservationist, Columbus, Ohio.

[FR Doc. 99-11134 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]

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