[Federal Register: September 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 181)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 56159-56160]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Natural Resources Conservation Service
7 CFR Part 1469
Conservation Security Program
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Interim final rule; 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 Interim
Final Rule for CSP on June 21, 2004, (69 FR 34502), with a comment
period expiring September 20, 2004. By this document, NRCS is extending
the period during which it will accept public comment on the Interim
Final Rule for CSP to October 5, 2004. This extension is to give the
public additional time to comment on key issues that have been raised
regarding the implementation of the program.
DATES: Comments must be postmarked by midnight October 5, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments in writing, by mail, to Financial Assistance
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Programs 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 Interim Final Rule may also be accessed via the Internet
through the NRCS homepage, at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov, and by
selecting Programs. All comments, including names and addresses when
provided, are placed in the record and are available for public
inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Derickson, Conservation Security
Program Manager, Financial Assistance Programs Division, NRCS, P.O. Box
2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890, telephone: (202) 720-1845; fax: (202)
720-4265. Submit e-mail to: craig.derickson@usda.gov, Attention:
Conservation Security Program.
Signed in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2004.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Vice President,
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 04-21026 Filed 9-17-04; 8:45 am]
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