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Federal Register | Iowa Regulatory Program
Publication Date: Tuesday, May 03, 2005
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Document Number: 05-8732
Shorter URL: https://federalregister.gov/a/05-8732 Related Topics
I. Background on the Iowa Program Back to Top
Iowa currently has required program amendments codified at 30 CFR 915.16(a) and (c). The required amendment codified at 30 CFR 915.16(a) calls for Iowa to submit for our approval evidence that the U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) concurs with its provisions to allow the use of reference areas for determining success of productivity on prime farmland as proposed at Section III., Part F and Section IV., Part A.2 of its revegetation success guidelines. At 30 CFR 915.16(c), Iowa is required to either remove Section IV., Part G from its revegetation success guidelines or submit for our approval evidence that the NRCS concurs with the provisions in Part G. Part G, pertaining to control areas, contains the requirements and methods for making climate-based adjustments to the prime farmland average yields shown in the County Soil Map Unit Yield Data tables.
To implement this decision, we are amending the Federal regulations at 30 CFR part 915, which codify decisions concerning the Iowa program. We find that good cause exists under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to make this final rule effective immediately. Section 503(a) of SMCRA requires that the State's program demonstrate that the State has the capability of carrying out the provisions of the Act and meeting its purposes. Making this rule effective immediately will expedite that process. SMCRA requires consistency of State and Federal standards. VI. Procedural Determinations Back to Top
List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 915 Back to Top
PART 915—IOWA Back to Top
1.The authority citation for part 915 continues to read as follows: Authority:
2.Section 915.15 is amended in the table by adding a new entry in chronological order by “Date of final publication” to read as follows: § 915.15 Approval of Iowa regulatory program amendments.
Section III.F and Section IV.A and G of Iowa's April 1999 Revegetation Success Standards and Statistically Valid Sampling Techniques.
§ 915.16 [Amended]
3.Section 915.16 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph (a) and by removing paragraphs (c) through (e). end regulatory text