[Federal Register: December 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 242)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

 
Mining Specifications for Prime Farmland

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document extends the comment period of a proposed notice 
published in the Federal Register on October 28, 1998. This notice sets 
forth specifications for soil handling in relation to mining activities 
on Prime Farmland as provided for in the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This proposed notice is located on 
pages 57651-57656, (Volume 63, Number 208).

DATES: Comments must be received by January 26, 1999.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this proposed notice should be 
addressed to: Gary Nordstrom, Director, Conservation Operations 
Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, PO Box 2890, 
Washington, DC 20013-2890; Submit electronic comments to 
gary.nordstrom@usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Nordstrom, Director, Conservation 
Operations Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, (202) 720-
1845.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on December 10, 1998.
Danny D. Sells,
Associate Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 98-33458 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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