Notice of Proposed Changes for Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide, 20073 [E6-5867]
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practice standards may be used in
conservation systems to comply with
Highly Erodible Land and Wetland
Conservation provisions of the Farm
Bill.
Revised standards and new
standards will be issued periodically
during calendar year 2006. There will be
a 30-day public comment period for
each draft standard. Conservation
practice standards will be issued as final
after the close of the comment period.
DATES:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Notice of Proposed Changes for
Section IV of the Field Office Technical
Guide
Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in
Maryland to issue new or revised
conservation practice standards for
Section IV of the Field Office Technical
Guide. These standards include, but are
not limited to, the following: Anaerobic
Digester, Controlled Temperature (Code
366); Animal Mortality Facility (Code
316); Brush Management (Code 314);
Closure of Waste Impoundments (Code
360); Composting Facility (Code 317);
Feed Management (Code 592); Field
Border (Code 386); Filter Strip (Code
393); Fishpond Management (Code 399);
Forage Harvest Management (Code 511);
Forest Stand Improvement (Code 666);
Heavy Use Area Protection (Code 561);
Hedgerow Planting (Code 422);
Irrigation Water Management (Code
449); Lined Waterway or Outlet (Code
468); Manure Transfer (Code 634);
Nutrient Management (Code 590); Pest
Management (Code 595); Pond Sealing
or Lining, Compacted Clay Treatment
(Code 521D); Residue and Tillage
Management (Codes 329, 345, and 346);
Riparian Forest Buffer (Code 391);
Sediment Basin (Code 350); Shallow
Water Development and Management
(Code 646); Streambank and Shoreline
Protection (Code 580); Structure for
Water Control (Code 587); Subsurface
Drain (Code 606); Surface Drain, Field
Ditch (Code 607); Tree/Shrub
Establishment (Code 612); Upland
Wildlife Habitat Management (Code
645); Use Exclusion (Code 472); Waste
Storage Facility (Code 313); Waste
Treatment Lagoon (Code 359); Waste
Utilization (Code 633); Wastewater
Treatment Strip (Code 635); Water and
Sediment Control Basin (Code 638);
Water Well (Code 642); Wetland
Creation (Code 658); Wetland
Restoration (Code 657); Wetland
Wildlife Habitat Management (Code
644); Windbreak/Shelterbelt
Establishment (Code 380). Some of these
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Electronic copies will be posted on the
Internet at the following address:
https://www.md.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/
draftcps_no.html. Paper copies will be
mailed to persons who do not have
Internet access. Please submit requests
for paper copies to Anne M. Lynn, State
Resource Conservationist, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, 339
Busch’s Frontage Road, Suite 301,
Annapolis, MD 21401.
Section
343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
states that revisions made 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. NRCS will provide a 30-day
public review and comment period
concerning the proposed changes. At
the close of the comment period, NRCS
will make a determination regarding any
changes to the draft conservation
practice standards, and will publish the
final standards for use in NRCS field
offices. The final standards will also be
posted on the Internet at the following
address: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
technical/efotg.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: April 10, 2006.
Virginia (Ginger) L. Murphy,
State Conservationist, NRCS, Annapolis,
Maryland.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Changes for Section IV of the Field Office
Technical Guide
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Maryland to issue new or
revised conservation practice standards for Section IV of the Field
Office Technical Guide. These standards include, but are not limited
to, the following: Anaerobic Digester, Controlled Temperature (Code
366); Animal Mortality Facility (Code 316); Brush Management (Code
314); Closure of Waste Impoundments (Code 360); Composting Facility
(Code 317); Feed Management (Code 592); Field Border (Code 386); Filter
Strip (Code 393); Fishpond Management (Code 399); Forage Harvest
Management (Code 511); Forest Stand Improvement (Code 666); Heavy Use
Area Protection (Code 561); Hedgerow Planting (Code 422); Irrigation
Water Management (Code 449); Lined Waterway or Outlet (Code 468);
Manure Transfer (Code 634); Nutrient Management (Code 590); Pest
Management (Code 595); Pond Sealing or Lining, Compacted Clay Treatment
(Code 521D); Residue and Tillage Management (Codes 329, 345, and 346);
Riparian Forest Buffer (Code 391); Sediment Basin (Code 350); Shallow
Water Development and Management (Code 646); Streambank and Shoreline
Protection (Code 580); Structure for Water Control (Code 587);
Subsurface Drain (Code 606); Surface Drain, Field Ditch (Code 607);
Tree/Shrub Establishment (Code 612); Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
(Code 645); Use Exclusion (Code 472); Waste Storage Facility (Code
313); Waste Treatment Lagoon (Code 359); Waste Utilization (Code 633);
Wastewater Treatment Strip (Code 635); Water and Sediment Control Basin
(Code 638); Water Well (Code 642); Wetland Creation (Code 658); Wetland
Restoration (Code 657); Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (Code 644);
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (Code 380). Some of these practice
standards may be used in conservation systems to comply with Highly
Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation provisions of the Farm Bill.
DATES: Revised standards and new standards will be issued periodically
during calendar year 2006. There will be a 30-day public comment period
for each draft standard. Conservation practice standards will be issued
as final after the close of the comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Electronic copies will be posted on
the Internet at the following address: https://www.md.nrcs.usda.gov/
technical/draftcps_no.html. Paper copies will be mailed to persons who
do not have Internet access. Please submit requests for paper copies to
Anne M. Lynn, State Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 339 Busch's Frontage Road, Suite 301, Annapolis,
MD 21401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 states that revisions made 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. NRCS will provide a 30-day public review and comment
period concerning the proposed changes. At the close of the comment
period, NRCS will make a determination regarding any changes to the
draft conservation practice standards, and will publish the final
standards for use in NRCS field offices. The final standards will also
be posted on the Internet at the following address: https://
www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/efotg.
Dated: April 10, 2006.
Virginia (Ginger) L. Murphy,
State Conservationist, NRCS, Annapolis, Maryland.
[FR Doc. E6-5867 Filed 4-18-06; 8:45 am]
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