[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 65615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-26294]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
[Docket No. NRCS-2014-0013]
Notice of Proposed Changes to Section I of the Iowa, Minnesota,
North Dakota, and South Dakota State Technical Guides
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed changes in the NRCS State
specific Field Office Technical Guides for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intention by the NRCS State
Conservationists for Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota to
issue revisions to Section I of their State Technical Guide pertaining
to the State Offsite Methods used in completing wetland determinations.
In each of the listed States, NRCS is proposing to issue its State
Offsite Methods which will replace existing State wetland mapping
conventions. The State Offsite Methods will be used as part of the
technical documents and procedures to conduct wetland determinations on
agriculture land as part of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as amended).
Section 343 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of
1996 requires NRCS to make available for public review and comment all
proposed revisions to standards and procedures used to carry out Highly
Erodible Land and wetland provisions of the law.
DATES: Effective Date: This is effective November 5, 2014.
Comment Date: Submit comments on or before February 3, 2015. Final
versions of these new or revised State Offsite Methods will be adopted
after the close of the 90-day period and after consideration of all
comments.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted for each specific State,
identified by Docket Number NRCS-2014-0013, using any of the following
methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Mail or hand-delivery: Submit state specific comments to
the appropriate State contact. The contact information for each State
is shown below.
NRCS will post all comments on http://www.regulations.gov.
In general, personal information provided with comments will be posted.
If your comment includes your address, telephone number, email, or
other personal identifying information, your comments, including
personal information, may be available to the public. You may ask in
your comment that your personal identifying information be withheld
from public view, but this cannot be guaranteed.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: NRCS State Conservationist specific to
your response:
Iowa, Jay Mar, State Conservationist, NRCS, 210 Walnut Street,
Room 693, Des Moines, Iowa 50309-2180, telephone: (515) 284-4769,
email: [email protected]; Iowa Web site: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/ia/home/
Minnesota, Don Baloun, State Conservationist, NRCS, Suite 600,
375 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-1854, telephone: (651)
602-7854, email: [email protected]; Minnesota Web site: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/mn/home/
North Dakota, Mary Podoll, State Conservationist, NRCS, 220
East Rosser Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-1458, telephone: 701-
530-2003, email: [email protected], North Dakota Web site http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/nd/home/
South Dakota, Jeff Zimprich, State Conservationist, NRCS, Room
203, 200 4th Street SW., Huron, South Dakota 57350, telephone: (605)
352-1200, email: [email protected], South Dakota Web site:
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/sd/home/
Electronic copies of the proposed revised offsite methods are
available through http://www.regulations.gov, by accessing Docket No.
NRCS-2014-0013. Alternatively, copies can be downloaded or printed from
the State specific Web site. Requests for paper versions or inquiries
may be directed to the specific State Conservationist.
Signed this 31st day of October, 2014, in Washington, DC.
Jason A. Weller,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-26294 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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