9304 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 40 / Thursday, March 1, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

Notice of Proposed Changes for 

Section IV of the Field Office Technical 

Guide 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in 

Maryland to issue new or revised 

conservation practice standards for 

Section IV of the Field Office Technical 

Guide. These standards include, but are 

not limited to, the following: 

Animal Mortality Facility (Code 316); 

Brush Management (Code 314); 

Composting Facility (Code 317); Field 

Border (Code 386); Filter Strip (Code 

393); Fish Passage (Code 396); Fishpond 

Management (Code 399); Forage Harvest 

Management (Code 511); Forest Stand 

Improvement (Code 666); Heavy Use 

Area Protection (Code 561); Hedgerow 

Planting (Code 422); Irrigation Water 

Management (Code 449); Manure 

Transfer (Code 634); Nutrient 

Management (Code 590); Pasture and 

Hay Planting (Code 512); Pest 

Management (Code 595); Pond Sealing 

or Lining, Compacted Clay Treatment 

(Code 521D); Prescribed Forestry (Code 

409); Streambank and Shoreline 

Protection (Code 580); Stream Habitat 

Improvement and Management (Code 

395); Structure for Water Control (Code 

587); Surface Drain, Field Ditch (Code 

607); Tree/Shrub Establishment (Code 

612); Use Exclusion (Code 472); Waste 

Storage Facility (Code 313); Waste 

Utilization (Code 633); Water and 

Sediment Control Basin (Code 638); 

Watering Facility (Code 614); 

Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment 

(Code 380). Some of these practice 

standards may be used in conservation 

systems to comply with Highly Erodible 

Land and Wetland Conservation 

provisions of the Farm Bill. 

DATES: Revised standards and new 

standards will be issued periodically 

during calendar year 2007. There will be 

a 30-day public comment period for 

each draft standard. Conservation 

practice standards will be issued as final 

after the close of the comment period. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Electronic copies will be posted on the 

Internet at the following address: 

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ 

efotg. Select Maryland, any county, 

Section IV, Draft Conservation Practice 

Standards. Paper copies will be mailed 

to persons who do not have Internet 

access. Please submit requests for paper 

copies to Anne M. Lynn, State Resource 

Conservationist, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, 339 Busch’s 

Frontage Road, Suite 301, Annapolis, 

MD 21401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

343 of the Federal Agriculture 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

states that revisions made 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. NRCS will provide a 30-day 

public review and comment period 

concerning the proposed changes. At 

the close of the comment period, NRCS 

will make a determination regarding any 

changes to the draft conservation 

practice standards, and will publish the 

final standards for use in NRCS field 

offices. The final standards will also be 

posted on the Internet at the following 

address: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/ 

technical/efotg. 

Dated: January 31, 2007. 

Virginia (Ginger) L. Murphy, 

State Conservationist, NRCS, Annapolis, 

Maryland. 

[FR Doc. E7–3358 Filed 2–28–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

DATE AND TIME: Friday, March 9, 2007, 

9 a.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 

624 Ninth Street, NW., Rm. 540, 

Washington, DC 20425. 

Meeting Agenda 

I. Approval of Agenda. 

II. Approval of Minutes of March 1, 

Meeting. 

III. Announcements. 

IV. Staff Director’s Report. 

V. Management and Operations. 

• Procedures for Briefing Reports. 

• Strategic Planning. 

VI. Program Planning. 

• Affirmative Action in Law Schools 

Briefing Report. 

VII. State Advisory Committee Issues. 

• Fair Housing Initiative. 

• Tennessee SAC. 

VIII. Future Agenda Items. 

IX. Adjourn. 

Briefing Agenda 

Domestic Wiretapping in the War on 

Terror. 

• Introductory Remarks by Chairman. 

• Speakers’ Presentation. 

• Questions by Commissioners and 

Staff Director. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Manuel Alba, Press and 

Communications, (202) 376–8582. 

David P. Blackwood, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–980 Filed 2–27–07; 2:30 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign–Trade Zones Board 

Docket 6–2007 

Foreign–Trade Zone 196 - Fort Worth, 

Texas, Request for Manufacturing 

Authority, Motorola, Inc., (Mobile 

Phone Kitting) 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Alliance Corridor, Inc., 

grantee of FTZ 196, requesting authority 

on behalf of Motorola, Inc. (Motorola) to 

perform mobile phone kitting under 

FTZ procedures within FTZ 196. The 

application was filed on February 16, 

2007. 

The Motorola facilities (3,800 

employees, annual capacity for up to 50 

- 60 million mobile phone sets) are 

located at multiple locations (including 

those of affiliates and third–party 

contractors) within Sites 1 and 2 of FTZ 

196, and include 4801 Westport 

Parkway and 15005 Peterson Court, in 

Fort Worth, Texas. Motorola has 

requested authority to process (kit) 

certain imported components into 

mobile phone sets (2006 HTSUS 

8525.20 and proposed 2007 HTSUS 

8517.12 and 8517.69 - the phones enter 

the United States duty–free). The 

company may source the following 

potentially dutiable components from 

abroad (representing 95% of total 

materials) for processing under FTZ 

procedures, as described in its 

application: Nicad batteries (HTSUS 

8507.80), power supplies (HTSUS 

8504.40), lithium batteries (HTSUS 

8507.30), cables (2006 HTSUS 8544.41 

and proposed 2007 HTSUS 8544.42), 

connectors and plugs (HTSUS 8536.69), 

decals (3919.90), plastic holsters 

(HTSUS 3926.90), leather carrying cases 

(HTSUS 4202.31.60.00), leather 

pouches/cases (HTSUS 4202.91.00.90), 

plastic carrying cases (HTSUS 

4202.92.90.60), leather straps (HTSUS 

4205.00.40.00), wrist straps (HTSUS 

6307.90), key pads fitted with 

connectors (HTSUS 8537.10), external 

speaker sets (HTSUS 8518.22), headsets 

with microphone (HTSUS 8518.30) and 


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