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

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

Louisiana

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

of Agriculture.

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

FOTG of the NRCS in Louisiana for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of the NRCS in Louisiana to issue new and

revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG for

the following practices: Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (code 645),

Wildlife Watering Facility (code 648), Pasture and Hay Planting (code

512), and Range Planting (code 550) are revised practice standards and

Shallow Water Management for Wildlife (code 646) is a new practice

standard.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with

this date of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Donald W.

Gohmert, State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), 3737 Government Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302. 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 wetland provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and comment. For the next 30 days the NRCS

in Louisiana will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.

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

Louisiana regarding disposition of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: March 29, 1999

Billy R. Moore,

Acting State Conservationist, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302.

[FR Doc. 99-9137 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]

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