[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 7810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3114]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Notice of Proposed Change to Section I of the South Dakota and
North Dakota State Technical Guides
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), United States
Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of proposed changes in the South Dakota
and North Dakota NRCS State Technical Guides for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: The NRCS State Conservationists for South Dakota and North
Dakota have determined that changes must be made to the NRCS State
Technical Guides concerning State wetland mapping conventions. The two
States are proposing to issue joint State wetland mapping conventions.
The joint State wetland mapping conventions will be used as part of the
technical documents to conduct wetland determinations on agriculture
land as part of the National Food Security Act of 1985, as amended.
DATES: Comments will be received for a 30-day period commencing with
the date of this publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For South Dakota, inquire in writing
to Janet L. Oertly, State Conservationist, NRCS, Federal Building, 200
Fourth Street, SW., Room 203, Huron, South Dakota 57350; Telephone
number (605) 352-1200; Fax number (605) 352-1288. Copies of the joint
State wetland mapping conventions will be made available upon written
request to the address shown above or on the South Dakota NRCS Web
site: http://www.sd.nrcs.usda.gov/Public_Notices.html.
For North Dakota, inquire in writing to Paul J. Sweeney, State
Conservationist, NRCS, 220 East Rosser Avenue, Federal Building, Room
270, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501; Telephone number (701) 530-2000; Fax
number (701) 530-2109. Copies of the joint State wetland mapping
conventions will be made available upon written request to the address
shown above or on the North Dakota NRCS Web site: http://www.nd.nrcs.usda.gov/Public_notices.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 South Dakota and North Dakota will receive comments relative to the
proposed changes. Following that period, a determination will be made
by the NRCS in South Dakota and North Dakota regarding disposition of
those comments and a final determination of change will be made to the
State wetland mapping conventions.
Dated: February 4, 2011.
Janet L. Oertly,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Huron,
South Dakota.
Paul J. Sweeney,
State Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Bismarck, North Dakota.
[FR Doc. 2011-3114 Filed 2-10-11; 8:45 am]
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