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Vol. 65, No. 187

Tuesday, September 26, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Changes in the

National Handbook of Conservation

Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

intention of NRCS to issue a series of

new or revised conservation practice

standards in its National Handbook of

Conservation Practices. These standards

include: Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM)

Erosion Control; Composting Facility;

Deep Tillage; Fish Passage; Stream

Habitat Management; Land

Reconstruction, Abandoned Mined;

Land Reconstruction, Currently Mined;

Underground Outlet; and Vegetative

Barrier. These standards are used to

convey national guidance when

developing Field Office Technical

Guide Standards used in the States.

NRCS State Conservationists who

choose to adopt these practices for use

within their States will incorporate

them into Section IV of their Field

Office Technical Guides. These

practices may be used in conservation

systems that treat highly erodible land

or on land determined to be wetlands.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Comments will be

received until November 27, 2000. This

series of new or revised conservation

practice standards will be adopted after

November 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Single copies of these standards are

available from NRCS Conservation

Engineering Division (CED) in

Washington, DC. Submit individual

inquiries and return any comments in

writing to William Hughey, National

Agricultural Engineer, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Post

Office Box 2890, Room 6139–S,

Washington, DC 20013–2890; telephone:

(202) 720–5023. The standards are also

available and can be downloaded from

the Internet at: http://

www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/

practice_stds.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

requires NRCS to make available for

public review and comment proposed

revisions to conservation practice

standards used to carry out the highly

erodible land and wetland provisions of

the law. For the next 60 days, NRCS will

receive comments relative to the

proposed changes. Following that

period, a determination will be made by

NRCS regarding disposition of those

comments, and a final determination of

change will be made.

Signed at Washington, DC, on September

14, 2000.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Chief, Natural Resources Conservation

Service.

[FR Doc. 00–24613 Filed 9–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

APPALACHIAN STATES LOW-LEVEL

RADIOACTIVE WASTE COMMISSION

Annual Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m.–12 p.m. October

25, 2000.

PLACE: Harrisburg Hilton and Towers,

One North Second Street, Harrisburg,

PA 17101.

STATUS: Most of the meeting will be

open to the public. If there is a need for

an executive session (closed to the

public), it will be held at about 9 a.m.

to 9:30 a.m.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

Portions Open to the Public: The

primary purpose of this meeting is to (1)

Review the independent auditors’ report

of Commission’s financial statements for

fiscal year 1999–2000; (2) Review the

Commission’s annual reports for fiscal

years 1999–2000; (3) Consider a

proposed budget for fiscal year 2001–

2002; (4) Review and discuss the recent

developments in South Carolina related

to the Barnwell disposal facility; (5)

Review information on LLRW

generation within the compact; and (6)

Elect the Commission’s officers.

Portions Closed to the Public:

Executive Session, if deemed necessary,

will be held at about 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Richard R. Janati, Chairman Seif’s Staff

member on the Commission, at 717–

787–2163.

Richard R. Janati,

Chairman’s Staff Member on the Commission.

[FR Doc. 00–24663 Filed 9–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 0000–00–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

Performance Review Board;

membership

The following individuals are eligible

to serve on the Performance Review

Board in accordance with the Senior

Executive Service Performance

Appraisal System of the Economic

Development Administration.

Gerald R. Lucas

Charles R. Sawyer

Pedro R. Garza

William J. Day, Jr.

Hugh L. Brennan

Vicki G. Brooks,

Executive Secretary, Economic Development

Administration Performance Review Board.

[FR Doc. 00–24639 Filed 9–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–BS–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Advisory Committee on Africa: Notice

of Open Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration/Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Africa, Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee on

Africa was established to advise the

Secretary of Commerce and the Deputy

Secretary of Commerce on commercial

policy issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.

TIME AND PLACE: October 12, 2000 from

10 a.m. to 12 noon. The meeting will

take place at the Main Department of

Commerce Building, Room 4830, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20230.

AGENDA:

1. Overview of trade and investment

finance programs of U.S. Government