[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 84523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24512]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation Service

[Docket ID NRCS-2024-0012]


Proposed Revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation 
Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service

AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments; Reopening of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is reopening 
the comment period for 30 days due to impacts of recent hurricanes to 
allow the public to provide comments on the specified conservation 
practice standards to be revised in the National Handbook of 
Conservation Practices (NHCP) published on September 24, 2024.

DATES: The comment period for the Notice of availability, request for 
comments published on September 24, 2024, at 89 FR 77811 is reopened. 
We will consider comments that we receive by November 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments in response to this notice. 
You may submit your comments through one of the methods below:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRCS-2024-0012. Follow the 
online instructions for submitting comments; or
    <bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: Mr. J'Que C. Jones, National 
Agricultural Engineer, Conservation Engineering Division, NRCS, USDA, 
1400 Independence Avenue, South Building, Room 4649, Washington, DC 
20250. In your comment, please specify the Docket ID NRCS-2024-0012.
    All comments received will be made publicly available on http://www.regulations.gov.
    The copies of the proposed revised standards are available through 
http://www.regulations.gov by accessing Docket No. NRCS-2024-0012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. J'Que C. Jones at (443) 926-6957, 
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#72180307175c181d1c170132070116135c151d04"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1cbd0d4c48fcbcecfc4d2e1d4d2c5c08fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who require alternative 
means for communication should contact the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text 
telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay service (both 
voice and text telephone users can initiate this call from any 
telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NRCS is reopening the comment period on the 
Notice of availability, request for comments published on September 24, 
2024, (89 FR 77811-77812). The comment period for the original notice 
closed on October 24, 2024. Based on requests received during the 
initial comment period, NRCS is providing an additional 30 days to 
allow the public to comment on the specified conservation practice 
standards to be revised in the NHCP. This will allow more time for the 
public to adequately review and provide constructive feedback on the 
proposed revisions to the conservation practice standards.

Louis Aspey,
Associate Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-24512 Filed 10-22-24; 8:45 am]
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