Conservation Security Program

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments

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Federal Register: March 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 55) Notices Page 13872

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Conservation Security Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Conservation Security Program (CSP) is authorized by Title
XII, Chapter 2, Subchapter A, of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. The
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking for CSP on February 18, 2003, (68 FR
7720), with a comment period expiring March 20, 2003. NRCS is hereby
extending the period during which it will accept public comment on the
advance notice of proposed rulemaking for CSP to April 3, 2003. This
extension is to give the public an additional opportunity to comment on
key issues that have been raised regarding the implementation of the
program.

DATES: Comments must be received in writing by April 3, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments in writing, by mail, to Conservation
Operations Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, P.O. Box
2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890, or by e-mail to
FarmBillRules@usda.gov; Attn: Conservation Security Program. The

Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking may also be accessed via the
Internet through the NRCS homepage, at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov, and by

Internet through the NRCS homepage, at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov, and by
selecting Farm Bill 2002. All comments, including names and addresses
when provided, are placed in the record and are available for public
inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Whitmore, Acting Director,
Conservation Operations Division, NRCS, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC
20013-2890; telephone: (202) 720-1845; fax: (202) 720-4265; submit e-
mail to: charles.whitmore@usda.gov, Attention: Conservation Security Program.

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2003.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Vice President,
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 03-6825 Filed 3-20-03; 8:45 am]
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