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improving communication to the public

on food and agriculture, as charged by

the Secretary of Agriculture.

Also, the Working Group will be

joined by a few other Board members,

who will meet on October 15 for a

planning meeting on priority setting.

The purpose of this Working Group

meeting is to develop and plan an

effective agenda for the Advisory Board

meeting in November 1997, which will

focus on research, extension, education,

and economics priority setting for the

FY 2000 Budget.

Dates: October 14, 1997, 12:30 p.m. to

4:30 p.m. and October 15, 1997, 8:30

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Place: U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Cooperative State Research, Education,

and Extension Service Conference Room

338C-Aerospace Building, 901 D Street,

SW, Washington, DC.

Type of Meeting: Open to the public.

Comments: The public may file

written comments before or after the

meeting with the contact person listed

below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Hanfman, Executive Director,

National Agricultural Research,

Extension, Education, and Economics

Advisory Board, Research, Education,

and Economics Advisory Board Office,

Room 3918 South, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, STOP: 2255, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–2255.

Telephone: 202–720–3684. Fax: 202–

720–6199.

Done at Washington, DC, this 12th day of

September 1997.

I. Miley Gonzalez,

Under Secretary, Research, Education, and

Economics.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Public Briefings on Development of a

U.S. Action Plan on Food Security

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,

Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of meeting

postponement.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

public workshops regarding

development of a U.S. Action Plan on

Food Security originally scheduled for

September 23 and 24 have been

postponed. The workshops are for the

purpose of briefing the public on the

draft mini-papers, responding to

questions and receiving reactions to the

papers in order to facilitate public

participation in the process of

developing the U.S. Action Plan on

Food Security.

DATES: New dates for the workshops

will be announced as soon as possible.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Inquiries

may be directed to the Office of the

National Food Security Coordinator,

Foreign Agricultural Service, Room

3008 South Building, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, 14th and Independence

Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250,

telephone (202) 690–0776 or fax (202)

720–6103.

Signed in Washington, DC, September 11,

1997.

Timothy J. Galvin,

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to the

Natural Resources Conservation

Service’s National Handbook of

Conservation Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture, New York

State Office.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in the NRCS National

Handbook of Conservation Practices,

Section IV of the New York State NRCS

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) for

review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS to

issue a series of new conservation

practice standards in its National

Handbook of Conservation Practices.

These new standards include; Grass

Filter Strip (NY393s) and Grass Filter

Area (NY393a).

DATES: Comments will be received on or

before October 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to Richard D.

Swenson, State Conservationist, Natural

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS),

441 S. Salina Street, Fifth Floor, Suite

354, Syracuse, New York, 13202–2450.

Copies of these standards are

available from the above individual.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

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 will receive comments relative to

the proposed changes. Following that

period a determination will be made by

the NRCS regarding disposition of those

comments and a final determination of

change will be made.

Richard D. Swenson,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Syracuse, NY.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Delaware

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in

Delaware.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG for review and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Delaware to issue a revised conservation

practice standard Wetland Development

or Restoration (Code 657) in Section IV

of the FOTG.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elesa K. Cottrell, State Conservationist,

Natural Resources Conservation Service

(NRCS), Suite 101, 1203 College Park

Dr., Dover, Delaware 19904–8713,

telephone (302) 678–4160. Copies of the

practice standards will be made

available upon written request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agricultural

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 Delaware will receive

comments relative to the proposed

changes. Following that period, a

determination will be made by the

NRCS in Delaware regarding disposition

of those comments and a final

determination of change will be made.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

Elesa K. Cottrell,

State Conservationist.

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