Natural Resources Conservation Service

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department

of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of proposed changes to the Field Office Technical Guide

(Hawaii) conservation practice standards.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS Hawaii to issue a series of

revised practice standards for use in the State of Hawaii. These

practice standards are revised from the current National Handbook of

Conservation Practices. These revised standards include Conservation

Cover (Code 327), Forest Site Preparation (Code 490), Wildlife Wetland

Habitat Management (Code 644), Wildlife Upland Habitat Management (Code

645), Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (Code 548), Nutrient Management

(Code 590), Waste Utilization (Code 633), Mulching (Code 484), Fence

(Code 382), Fence, Non-electric (Code 382A), Fence, Electric (Code

382B). These practice standards will be incorporated into Section IV of

the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG). Some of these practices may be

used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 13,

1999. This series of new or revised conservation practice standards

will be adopted after the close of the 60-day period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire, or send comments in writing

to Kenneth Kaneshiro, State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850.

Comments can be also e-mailed to [email protected].

Copies of these standards are available from NRCS, Prince Kuhio

Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, room 4-118, Honolulu,

Hawaii, or by writing to NRCS, P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850.

Copies are also available electronically on the NRCS website at http://

www.hi.nrcs.gov/fotg/html. Practice code numbers are used as file names

on the website. These standards are available as MS Word 6.0 files.

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 60 days the NRCS

will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding disposition

of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.

Kenneth M. Kaneshiro,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service,

Honolulu, Hawaii.

[FR Doc. 99-26470 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]

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