[Federal Register: February 18, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 34)]
[Notices]
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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
Oregon
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the
FOTG of the NRCS in Oregon for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Oregon to issue revisions to
Conservation Practice Standards 582, Open Channel, and 584, Stream
Channel Stabilization, in Section IV of the State Technical Guide in
Oregon. These practices may be used in conservation systems that treat
highly erodible land.
DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with
this date of publication. Once the review and comment period is over
and the standards are finalized, they will be placed in the individual
Field Office Technical Guides in each field office.
ADDRESSES: Address all requests and comments to Bob Graham, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 101 SW
Main Street, Suite 1300, Portland, Oregon 97204. Copies of these
standards will be made available upon written request. You may submit
electronic requests and comments to dave.dishman@or.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Graham, 503-414-3200.
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 Oregon will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Oregon regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of changes will be made. In Oregon, ``technical guides''
refers to the Field Office Technical Guide maintained at each NRCS
Field Office in Oregon.
Dated: February 11, 2000.
Bob Graham,
State Conservationist, Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 00-3878 Filed 2-17-00; 8:45 am]
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