[Federal Register: July 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 138)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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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 amendment to 
the interim final rule for CSP on March 25, 2005, (70 FR 15201), with a 
comment period expiring July 25, 2005. By this notice, NRCS is 
extending the period during which it will accept public comment on the 
amended interim final rule for CSP to September 9, 2005. This extension 
is to give the public additional time to comment on key issues that 
have been raised regarding the implementation of the program under the 
amended interim final rule.

DATES: Comments must be postmarked by midnight, September 9, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments in writing, by mail, to Financial Assistance 
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 amended 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@wdc.usda.gov, Attention: 
Conservation Security Program.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2005.
Bruce I. Knight,
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 05-14297 Filed 7-19-05; 8:45 am]

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