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65615 

Vol. 79, No. 214 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

[Docket No. NRCS–2014–0013] 

Notice of Proposed Changes to 

Section I of the Iowa, Minnesota, North 

Dakota, and South Dakota State 

Technical Guides 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed changes in the NRCS State 

specific Field Office Technical Guides 

for review and comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

intention by the NRCS State 

Conservationists for Iowa, Minnesota, 

North Dakota, and South Dakota to issue 

revisions to Section I of their State 

Technical Guide pertaining to the State 

Offsite Methods used in completing 

wetland determinations. In each of the 

listed States, NRCS is proposing to issue 

its State Offsite Methods which will 

replace existing State wetland mapping 

conventions. The State Offsite Methods 

will be used as part of the technical 

documents and procedures to conduct 

wetland determinations on agriculture 

land as part of the Food Security Act of 

1985 (as amended). Section 343 of the 

Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

Reform Act of 1996 requires NRCS to 

make available for public review and 

comment all proposed revisions to 

standards and procedures used to carry 

out Highly Erodible Land and wetland 

provisions of the law. 

DATES: Effective Date: This is effective 

November 5, 2014. 

Comment Date: Submit comments on 

or before February 3, 2015. Final 

versions of these new or revised State 

Offsite Methods will be adopted after 

the close of the 90-day period and after 

consideration of all comments. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted for each specific State, 

identified by Docket Number NRCS– 

2014–0013, using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or hand-delivery: Submit state 

specific comments to the appropriate 

State contact. The contact information 

for each State is shown below. 

• NRCS will post all comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. In general, 

personal information provided with 

comments will be posted. If your 

comment includes your address, 

telephone number, email, or other 

personal identifying information, your 

comments, including personal 

information, may be available to the 

public. You may ask in your comment 

that your personal identifying 

information be withheld from public 

view, but this cannot be guaranteed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

NRCS State Conservationist specific to 

your response: 

• Iowa, Jay Mar, State Conservationist, 

NRCS, 210 Walnut Street, Room 693, 

Des Moines, Iowa 50309–2180, 

telephone: (515) 284–4769, email: Jay.

mar@ia.usda.gov; Iowa Web site: 

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/

nrcs/site/ia/home/ 

• Minnesota, Don Baloun, State 

Conservationist, NRCS, Suite 600, 375 

Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 

55101–1854, telephone: (651) 602– 

7854, email: Don.baloun@mn.usda.

gov; Minnesota Web site: http://www.

nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/

mn/home/ 

• North Dakota, Mary Podoll, State 

Conservationist, NRCS, 220 East 

Rosser Avenue, Bismarck, North 

Dakota 58502–1458, telephone: 701– 

530–2003, email: mary.podoll@

nd.usda.gov, North Dakota Web site 

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/

nrcs/site/nd/home/ 

• South Dakota, Jeff Zimprich, State 

Conservationist, NRCS, Room 203, 

200 4th Street SW., Huron, South 

Dakota 57350, telephone: (605) 352– 

1200, email: Jeff.zimprich@sd.

usda.gov, South Dakota Web site: 

http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/

nrcs/site/sd/home/ 

Electronic copies of the proposed 

revised offsite methods are available 

through http://www.regulations.gov, by 

accessing Docket No. NRCS–2014–0013. 

Alternatively, copies can be 

downloaded or printed from the State 

specific Web site. Requests for paper 

versions or inquiries may be directed to 

the specific State Conservationist. 

Signed this 31st day of October, 2014, in 

Washington, DC. 

Jason A. Weller, 

Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26294 Filed 11–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Order No. 1954] 

Designation of New Grantee; ForeignTrade Zone 245, Decatur, Illinois 

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the 

following Order: 

The Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board 

(the Board) has considered the 

application (docketed 7/1/2014) 

submitted by the Board of Park 

Commissioners, Decatur Park District, 

grantee of FTZ 245, requesting 

reissuance of the grant of authority for 

said zone to the Economic Development 

Corporation of Decatur & Macon 

County, which has accepted such 

reissuance subject to approval by the 

FTZ Board. Upon review, the Board 

finds that the requirements of the FTZ 

Act and the Board’s regulations are 

satisfied, and that the proposal is in the 

public interest. 

Therefore, the Board approves the 

application and recognizes the 

Economic Development Corporation of 

Decatur & Macon County as the new 

grantee for Foreign-Trade Zone 245, 

subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s 

regulations, including Section 400.13. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of 

October 2014. 

Ronald K. Lorentzen, 

Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate 

Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26276 Filed 11–4–14; 8:45 am] 

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