[Federal Register: September 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 175)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV, Standards and
Specifications, of the State Technical Guides of the Natural Resources
Conservation Service in the State of California
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Department of
Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in Section IV of the
California State Technical Guides. NRCS is seeking review and comments
to proposed changes.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 343 of Subtitle E of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (FAIRA) that requires
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide public notice and comment under
Section 553 of Title 5, United States Code, with regard to any future
revisions to the provisions of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) State Technical Guides that are used to carry out
Subtitles A, B, and C of Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C.3801 et seq.), the Natural Resources Conservation Service, United
States Department of Agriculture, gives notice of proposed revisions to
selected conservation practice standards in Section IV of the State
Technical Guides in California.
These proposed revisions are subject to these provisions since one
or more practices are used, or could be used, as a part of a
conservation management system to comply with the Highly Erodible Land
Conservation or Wetland Conservation requirements of the Food Security
Act of 1985. These practice standards are also used to plan, design and
implement conservation practices cost shared under USDA programs.
Revisions are being proposed for the following practice standards:
Closure of Waste Impoundment (360); Conservation Crop Rotation (328);
Conservation Cover (327); Contour Farming (330); Contour Stripcropping
(585); Cover Crop (340); Grassed Waterway (412); Irrigation System,
microirrigation (441); Alley Cropping (311); Constructed Wetland (656);
Firebreak (394); Forest Site Preparation (490); Forest Stand
Improvement (666); Forest Trails and Landings (655); Heavy Use Area
Protection (561); Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery (447); Pipeline
(516); Prescribed Burning (338); Riparian Forest Buffer (391); Spring
Development (574); Tree/Shrub Establishment (612); Tree/Shrub Pruning
(660); Use Exclusion (472); Watering Facility (614); Windbreak/
Shelterbelt Establishment (380); Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation
(650); PAM Erosion Control (450); Composting Facility (317); Deep
Tillage (324); Fish Passage (396); Land Reconstruction, Abandoned Mined
Land (543); Land Reconstruction, Currently Mined Land (544); Stream
Habitat Improvement and Management (395); Underground Outlet (620);
Vegetative Barrier (601); Access Road (560); Diversion (362); Drainage
Water Management (554); Fish Pond Management (399); Herbaceous Wind
Barriers (603); Irrigation Land Leveling (464); Pond Sealing or Lining-
Bentonite Sealant (521C); Pond Sealing or Lining-Soil Dispersant
(521B); Roof Runoff Structure (558); Surface Roughening (609); Waste
Utilization (633); Dam, Diversion (348); Hedgerow Planting (422);
Obstruction Removal (500); Prescribed Grazing (528A); Wastewater
Treatment Strip (635); Water and Sediment Control Basin (638); Nutrient
Management (590); Mulching (484); Recreation Area Improvement (562);
Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats (643); Brush
Management (314); and Runoff Management System (570).
DATES: Comments will be received for a period of 30 days following the
publication date of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane B. Holcomb, State Resource
Conservationist, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 430 G
Street, Davis, California 95616-4164. Telephone: (530) 792-5667, FAX:
(530) 792-5793, or e-mail diane.holcomb@ca.usda.gov.
Copies of these proposed standards can be obtained on the Web at
http://www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/rts/rts.html, or will be made available
upon written request. You may submit written comments to the address
above. You may submit your electronic requests and comments to:
diane.holcomb@ca.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In California, ``State Technical Guides''
refers to the State Office Technical Guide maintained by the NRCS State
Resource Conservationist in Davis, California, to the Area Technical
Guides maintained at each NRCS Area Office in Red Bluff, Salinas,
Fresno and Riverside, California, and to the Field Office Technical
Guides maintained at each NRCS Field Office in California.
Practice standards establish the minimum level of acceptable
quality for planning, designing, installing,
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operating, and maintaining conservation practices. National standards
from the National Handbook of Conservation Practices form the basis for
developing State supplements to the standards. All practice standards
are reviewed by the State Technical Guide Committee at least once every
five years from their date of issuance to determine if the standard is
needed and reflects the latest acceptable technology.
Diane B. Holcomb,
State Resource Conservationist.
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