[Federal Register: March 13, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 49)]
[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
Wisconsin
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Wisconsin,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of a proposed change in Section IV of
the FOTG of the NRCS in Wisconsin for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Wisconsin to issue a revised
conservation practice standard in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised
standard is Filter Strip (Code 393). This practice may be used in
conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.
DATES: Comments will be received on or before April 12, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Donald A.
Baloun, Assistant State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS), 6515 Watts Road, Suite 200 Madison, WI 53719-2726.
Copies of this standard will be made available upon written request.
You may submit electronic requests and comments to
dbaloun@wi.nrcs.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald A. Baloun, 608-276-8732.
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 Wisconsin will receive comments relative to the proposed change.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Wisconsin regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made.
Dated: February 26, 2001.
Patricia S. Leavenworth,
State Conservationist, Madison, Wisconsin.
[FR Doc. 01-6207 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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