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 a proposed change in Section IV of

the FOTG of the NRCS in Oklahoma for review and comment.

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

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

standards are Contour Buffer Strips (Code 332), Cross Wind Trap Strips

(Code 589C), Field Border (Code 386), Filter Strip (Code 393), Residue

Management, Mulch Till (Code 329B), Residue Management, No Till and

Strip Till (Code 329A), Pasture and Hayland Planting (Code 512), and

Conservation Crop Rotation(Code 328). These practices may be used in

conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.

DATES: Comments will be received until September 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Keith Vaughan,

ASTC (Ecological Sciences), Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), 100 USDA, Suite 206, Stillwater, OK 74074-2655. Copies of these

standards will be made available upon written request. You may submit

electronic requests and comments to Keith.V[email protected].

Telephone 405-742-1240.

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 change.

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

Oklahoma regarding

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disposition of those comments and a final determination of change will

be made.

Dated: August 13, 1999.

Ronnie L. Clark,

State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

[FR Doc. 99-21848 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am]

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