[Federal Register: February 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 37)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

 
Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office 
Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 
Oklahoma

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

ACTION: Notice of availability of a proposed change in Section IV of 
the FOTG of the NRCS in Oklahoma for review and comment.

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SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in Oklahoma to issue new and 
revised conservation practice standards in Section IV of the FOTG. The 
standards are Deep Tillage (324), Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390), and 
Riparian Forest Buffer (391), Waste Utilization (633), Vegetative 
Barrier (601), Nutrient Management (590), Tree-Shrub Pruning (660), 
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation (650), Windbreak/Shelterbelt 
Establishment (380), Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Erosion Control 
(450), Grassed Waterway (412), Pipeline (516), Watering Facility (614), 
Forest Site Preparation (490), and Tree/Shrub Establishment (612).

DATES: Comments will be received on or before March 27, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inquire in writing to Mark Moseley, 
Acting ASTC (Ecological Sciences), Natural Resources Conservation 
Service (NRCS), 100 USDA, Suite 206 Stillwater, OK 74074-2655. Copies 
of these standards will be made available upon written request. You may 
submit electronic requests and comments to Mark.Moseley@ok.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Moseley, 405-742-1235.

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

    Dated: February 1, 2002.
M. Darrel Dominick,
State Conservationist, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
[FR Doc. 02-4395 Filed 2-22-02; 8:45 am]
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