April 9, 2003

TECHNICAL GUIDE NOTICE NO. 246

This notice transmits official notification of changes incorporated into the indicated new and revised Conservation Practice Standards contained in Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG). The new and revised documents have been posted on the eFOTG and are available for downloading.

ACTION

The following list of conservation practices are affected by this notice. The status shown for each conservation practice indicates that the practice is either new, revised or is to be removed from Section IV of the FOTG.

Standard / Status
Access Road (560) / Revised
Composting Facility (317) / Revised
Constructed Wetland (656) / New
Diversion (362) / Revised
Fishpond Management (399) / Revised
Grassed Waterway (412) / Revised
Heavy Use Area Protection (561) / Revised
IrrigationLand Leveling (464) / Revised
Irrigation Storage Reservoir (436) / Revised
Irrigation System Sprinkler (442) / Revised
Irrigation Water Management (449) / Revised
Land Reclamation, Fire Control (451) / Remove
Land Reclamation, Highwall Treatment (456) / Remove
Land Reclamation, Land Slide Treatment (453) / Revised
Land Reclamation, Subsidence Treatment (454) / Remove
Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Land (543) / Revised
Land Reclamation, Currently Mined Land (544) / Revised
Land Smoothing (466) / Revised
Lined Waterway or Outlet (468) / New
Mulching (484) / Revised
Obstruction Removal (500) / Revised
Open Channel (582) / Revised
Pipeline (516) / Revised
Pond (378) / Revised
Pond Sealing or Lining Soil Dispersant (521-B) / Revised
Pond Sealing or Lining, Bentonite Sealant (521-C) / Revised
PrecisionLand Forming (462) / Revised
Pumping Plant for Water Control (533) / Revised
Recreation Land Grading and Shaping (566) / Revised
Recreation Trail and Walkway (568) / Revised
Roof Runoff Structure (558) / Revised
Spring Development (574) / Revised
Surface Drainage, Main or Lateral (608) / Revised
Terrace (600) / Revised
Trough or Tank (614) / Remove
Underground Outlet (620) / Revised
Waste Management System (312) / Remove
Wastewater Treatment Strip (635) / New
Water Well (642) / Revised
Watering Facility (614) / New

Filing Instructions:

  • Remove the old standards indicated as “Revised” and “Remove,” and place them in Archives, Title 450, for future reference.
  • Download the new and revised standards listed above from Section IV, if needed or a hard copy is desired. If filed in Section IV, place the revised and new standards in the sequence shown on the attached Table of Contents.
  • Replace the Table of Contents for Section IV, dated January 10, 2003, with the attached Table of Contents dated April 2003.
  • File this notice in the front of Section I of the FOTG.

/s/

DAVID G. SAWYER

State Conservationist

United States Department of Agriculture TC-2

Natural Resources Conservation Service Section IV

Kentucky – Rev – April 2003 TECHNICAL GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Practice Name and Unit / Practice Code / Date of Last Revision / Last STGC Review Date
Access Road (Feet) / 560 / 04/03 / 04/03
Agrichemcial Handling Facility / 998 / 06/99 / 02/02
Animal Trails and Walkways / 575 / 02/01 / 02/02
Brush Management / 314 / 01/03 / 01/03
Clearing and Snagging (Feet) / 326 / 01/86 / 02/02
Closure of Waste Impoundments (No) / 360 / 02/01 / 02/02
Commercial Fish Ponds (Catfish) / 397A / 03/01 / 02/02
Commercial Fish Ponds (Shrimp) / 397B / 03/01 / 02/02
Composting Facility (No) / 317 / 04/03 / 04/03
Conservation Cover (Acre) / 327 / 11/01 / 02/02
Conservation Crop Rotation / 328 / 12/02 / 12/02
Constructed Wetland (Acre) / 656 / 04/03 / 04/03
Contour Buffer Strips (Acre) / 332 / 08/01 / 02/02
Contour Farming (Acre) / 330 / 12/02 / 01/03
Contour Orchard and Other Fruit Area (Acre) / 331 / 12/81 / 02/02
Cover Crop / 340 / 07/02 / 07/02
Critical Area Planting (Acre) / 342 / 10/87 / 02/02
Deep Tillage / 324 / 12/02 / 12/02
Dike (Feet) / 356 / 03/01 / 02/02
Diversion (Feet) / 362 / 04/03 / 04/03
Dry Hydrant (Each) / 432 / 02/01 / 02/02
Fence (Feet) / 382 / 05/96 / 02/02
Field Border (Feet) / 386 / 07/02 / 07/02
Filter Strip (Acre) / 393 / 08/99 / 02/02
Firebreak (Feet) / 394 / 07/02 / 07/02
Fish Raceway or Tank / 398 / 01/03 / 01/03
Fishpond Management (No) / 399 / 01/03 / 04/03
Forage Harvest Management / 511 / 12/99 / 02/02
Forest Site Preparation (Acre) / 490 / 03/01 / 02/02
Forest Stand Improvement / 666 / 07/02 / 07/02
Forest Trails and Landings / 655 / 07/02 / 07/02
Grade Stabilization Structure (No) / 410 / 01/86 / 02/02
Grassed Waterway (Acre) / 412 / 04/03 / 04/03
Heavy Use Area Protection (Acre) / 561 / 04/03 / 04/03
Hedgerow Planting (Feet) / 422 / 01/03 / 01/03
IrrigationLand Leveling (Acre) / 464 / 04/03 / 04/03
Irrigation Storage Reservoir (No/Acre-Feet) / 436 / 04/03 / 04/03
Irrigation System Sprinkler (No/Acre) / 442 / 04/03 / 04/03
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface (No/Acre) / 443 / 01/86 / 01/86
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline (Feet)
Aluminum Tubing
High-Pressure Underground Plastic
Low-Pressure Underground Plastic
Steel / 430AA
430DD
430EE
430FF / 11/99
11/99
11/99
11/99 / 02/02
02/02
02/02
02/02
Irrigation Water Management (Acre) / 449 / 04/03 / 04/03
Land Clearing (Acre) / 460 / 04/83 / 02/02
Land Reclamation
Land Slide Treatment
Toxic Discharge Control (No) / 453
455 / 04/03
05/80 / 04/03
02/02
Land Reconstruction
Abandoned MineLand (Acre)
Currently Mined Land / 543
544 / 04/03
04/03 / 04/03
04/03
Land Smoothing (Acre) / 466 / 04/03 / 04/03
Lined Waterway or Outlet (Feet) / 468 / 04/03 / 04/03
Livestock Exclusion (Acre) / 472 / 02/82 / 02/02
Manure Transfer (No) / 634 / 06/99 / 02/02
Mulching (Acre) / 484 / 02/03 / 04/03
Nutrient Management (Acre) / 590 / 05/01 / 02/02
Obstruction Removal (Acre) / 500 / 04/03 / 04/03
Open Channel (Feet) / 582 / 04/03 / 04/03
Pasture and Hayland Planting (Acre) / 512 / 02/86 / 02/02
Pest Management (Acre) / 595 / 04/96 / 02/02
Pipeline (Feet) / 516 / 04/03 / 04/03
Pond (No) / 378 / 04/03 / 04/03
Pond Sealing or Lining
Flexible Membrane Lining (No)
Soil Dispersant (No)
Bentonite Sealant (No)
Cationic Emulsion (No)
Asphalt Sealed Fabric Liner (No) / 521-A
521-B
521-C
521-D
521-E / 11/99
04/03
04/03
11/99
11/99 / 02/02
04/03
04/03
02/02
02/02
PrecisionLand Forming (Acre) / 462 / 04/03 / 04/03
Prescribed Grazing (Acre) / 528A / 04/98 / 02/02
Pumping Plant for Water Control (No) / 533 / 04/03 / 04/03
Recreation Area Improvement (Acre) / 562 / 03/92 / 02/02
Recreation land Grading and Shaping (Acre) / 566 / 04/03 / 04/03
Recreation Trail and Walkway (Feet) / 568 / 04/03 / 04/03
Residue Management, Mulch Till / 329B / 12/02 / 12/02
Residue Management, No Till/Strip Till / 329A / 12/02 / 12/02
Residue Management, Ridge Till / 329C / 12/02 / 12/02
Residue Management, Seasonal / 344 / 12/02 / 12/02
Riparian Forest Buffer (Acre) / 391A / 09/99 / 02/02
Roof Runoff Structure (No) / 558 / 04/03 / 04/03
SedimentBasin (No) / 350 / 05/83 / 02/02
Shallow Water Management For Wildlife (Ac.) / 646 / 03/01 / 02/02
Sinkhole Protection (Acre) / 725 / 06/99 / 02/02
Spoil Spreading (Feet) / 572 / 05/83 / 02/02
Spring Development (No) / 574 / 04/03 / 04/03
Stream Crossing (Interim) (No) / 576 / 09/98 / 02/02
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management / 395 / 01/03 / 01/03
Streambank and Shoreline Protection (Feet) / 580 / 03/00 / 02/02
Stripcropping, Contour (Acre) / 585 / 10/87 / 02/02
Stripcropping, Field (Acre) / 586 / 10/87 / 02/02
Structure For Water Control (No) / 587 / 03/01 / 02/02
Subsurface Drain (Feet) / 606 / 11/99 / 02/02
Surface Drainage
Field Ditch (Feet)
Main or Lateral (Feet) / 607
608 / 05/83
04/03 / 02/02
04/03
Terrace (Feet) / 600 / 04/03 / 04/03
Tree/Shrub Establishment (Acre) / 612 / 01/03 / 01/03
Tree/Shrub Pruning / 660 / 07/02 / 07/02
Underground Outlet (Feet) / 620 / 04/03 / 04/03
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (Acre) / 645 / 01/03 / 01/03
Vertical Drain (No) / 630 / 02/01 / 02/02
Waste Field Storage (Ea) / 749 / 06/99 / 02/02
Waste Storage Facility (No) / 313 / 03/01 / 02/02
Waste Treatment Lagoon (No) / 359 / 06/99 / 02/02
Wastewater Treatment Strip (Acre) / 635 / 04/03 / 04/03
Waste Utilization (Acre) / 633 / 04/83 / 02/02
Water and SedimentControlBasin (No) / 638 / 11/99 / 02/02
Water Well (No) / 642 / 04/03 / 04/03
Watering Facility (No) / 614 / 04/03 / 04/03
Well Decommissioning (No) / 351 / 08/99 / 02/02
Wetland Creation (Acre) / 658 / 01/03 / 01/03
Wetland Restoration (Acre) / 657 / 01/03 / 01/03
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (Acre) / 644 / 11/01 / 02/02
Wildlife Watering Facility (No) / 648 / 12/02 / 01/03
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment / 380 / 07/02 / 07/02
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation / 650 / 07/02 / 07/02