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[Federal Register: August 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 158)]
[Notices]
[Page 41675]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr18au09-22]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section IV of the Virginia State
Technical Guide

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS
State Technical Guide for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for
Virginia that changes must be made in the NRCS State Technical Guide
specifically in practice standards: 500, Obstruction Removal;
326, Clearing and Snagging; 460, Land Clearing;
572, Spoil Spreading; 466, Land Smoothing;
521C, Pond Sealing or Lining, Bentonite Sealant;
521B, Pond Sealing or Lining, Soil Dispersant; 521A,
Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible Membrane; 521D, Pond Sealing,
Compacted Clay Treatment. These practices will be used to plan and
install conservation practices on cropland, pastureland, woodland, and
wildlife land.

DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with
the date of this publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),
1606 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, Virginia 23229-5014;
Telephone number (804) 287-1691; Fax number (804) 287-1737. Copies of
the practice standards will be made available upon written request to
the address shown above or on the Virginia NRCS Web site: http://
www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/draftstandards.html.

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 Virginia will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Virginia regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made to the subject standards.

    Dated: August 11, 2009.
W. Ray Dorsett,
Acting State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Richmond, Virginia.
[FR Doc. E9-19765 Filed 8-17-09; 8:45 am]

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