[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 55180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22079]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Virginia State
Technical Guide
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the Virginia NRCS
State Technical Guide for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: It has been determined by the NRCS State Conservationist for
Virginia that changes must be made in the NRCS State Technical Guide
specifically in the following practice standards: Nutrient Management
(590) and Feed Management (592). These practices will be used to plan
and install conservation practices.
DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with
this date of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John A. Bricker, State
Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), 1606
Santa Rosa Road, Suite 209, Richmond, Virginia 23229-5014; Telephone
number (804) 287-1691 or [email protected]
Copies of the practice standards will be made available upon
written request to the address shown above or on the Virginia NRCS Web
site: http://www.va.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/draftstandards.html.
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 Virginia will receive comments relative to the proposed changes.
Following that period, a determination will be made by the NRCS in
Virginia regarding disposition of those comments and a final
determination of change will be made to the subject standards.
Dated: August 14, 2011.
John A. Bricker,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Richmond, Virginia.
[FR Doc. 2012-22079 Filed 9-6-12; 8:45 am]
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