Friday, August 14, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 156, August 14, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 156
Friday, August 14, 2009
 
There is 1 announcement in this issue
 
    1. LAND, WATER - ND/Reopening comment. USDA/NRCS. Conservation Practice Technical Assistance
   
CODES USED:  THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.  

REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES:  AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES  - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT -  Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
 
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 1


Subject: LAND, WATER - ND/Reopening comment. USDA/NRCS. Conservation Practice Technical Assistance
 
[Federal Register: August 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 156)]
[Notices]              
[Page 41109-41110]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

RIN 0578-AA48

Conservation Practice Technical Assistance

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States
Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 12, 2009, the Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS) published in the Federal Register a notice for the purpose of:
(1) Notifying the public about the results of NRCS compliance with
section 1242(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended; and (2)
to solicit public comment about how to improve agency conservation
practice standards. The public comment period closed on August 11,
2009. NRCS is hereby reopening the public comment period and amending
the closing date September 14, 2009 to ensure the agency has received
comments from a broad segment of the agriculture sector.

DATES: Submit comments on or before September 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments using any of the following methods:
    Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov
and follow the instructions for sending comments
electronically.
    Mail: Norman Widman, National Agronomist, Ecological
Sciences Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Conservation Practice Standard Comments, PO Box 2890,
Washington, DC 20013.
    Fax: (202) 720-5334.
    E-mail: nrcscpta2008@wdc.usda.gov.
    Hand Delivery: USDA South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 5234, Washington, DC 20250, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Please ask the
guard at the entrance to the South Building to call (202) 720-4630 in
order to be escorted into the building.
    This notice may be accessed via Internet. Users can access
the NRCS homepage at: http://www.nrcs.usda. gov/; select the Farm Bill
link from the menu; select the Notices link under the heading Farm Bill
Public Comments Links. Persons with disabilities who require
alternative means for communication (Braille, large print, audio tape,
etc.) should contact the USDA TARGET Center at: (202) 720-2600 (voice
and TDD).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Norman Widman, National Agronomist,
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250; Phone: (202) 720-3783;
Fax: (202) 720-2646; or e-mail: norman.widman@wdc.usda.gov.
 
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