[Federal Register: August 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 162)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Caribbean Area
Field Office Technical Guide
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of proposed changes in the Caribbean
Area NRCS Field Office Technical Guide for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRCS Director for the Caribbean Area has determined that
change must be made in the Field Office Technical Guide, specifically,
in Conservation Practice Standards for Nutrient Management (590) and
Waster utilization (633). These practices will be used to plan and
install conservation practices on cropland, pastureland, woodland, and
wildlife land.
DATES: Comments will be received on or before September 20, 2001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Juan A.
Martinez, Director, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), P.O.
Box 364868, San Juan, PR 00936-4868, Telephone Number (787) 766-5206,
Extension 237, Fax number (787) 766-5987. Copies of the Practice
Standards will be made available upon request to the address shown
above.
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 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 the
Caribbean Area will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in the
Caribbean Area regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made to the subject standards.
Dated: June 29, 2001.
Jose E. Martinez,
Staff Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Caribbean Area.
[FR Doc. 01-20943 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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