[Federal Register: October 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 196)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 
Natural Resources Conservation Service

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

ACTION: Notice of proposed changes to the Field Office Technical Guide 
(Hawaii) conservation practice standards.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS Hawaii to issue a series of 
revised practice standards for use in the State of Hawaii. These 
practice standards are revised from the current National Handbook of 
Conservation Practices. These revised standards include Conservation 
Cover (Code 327), Forest Site Preparation (Code 490), Wildlife Wetland 
Habitat Management (Code 644), Wildlife Upland Habitat Management (Code 
645), Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (Code 548), Nutrient Management 
(Code 590), Waste Utilization (Code 633), Mulching (Code 484), Fence 
(Code 382), Fence, Non-electric (Code 382A), Fence, Electric (Code 
382B). These practice standards will be incorporated into Section IV of 
the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG). Some of these practices may be 
used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible land.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 13, 
1999. This series of new or revised conservation practice standards 
will be adopted after the close of the 60-day period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire, or send comments in writing 
to Kenneth Kaneshiro, State Conservationist, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS), P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850.
    Comments can be also e-mailed to comments@hi.nrcs.usda.gov.
    Copies of these standards are available from NRCS, Prince Kuhio 
Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, room 4-118, Honolulu, 
Hawaii, or by writing to NRCS, P.O. Box 50004, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96850. 
Copies are also available electronically on the NRCS website at http://
www.hi.nrcs.gov/fotg/html. Practice code numbers are used as file names 
on the website. These standards are available as MS Word 6.0 files.

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 60 days the NRCS 
will receive comments relative to the proposed changes. Following that 
period a determination will be made by the NRCS regarding disposition 
of those comments and a final determination of change will be made.
Kenneth M. Kaneshiro,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
Honolulu, Hawaii.
[FR Doc. 99-26470 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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