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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 9, 2021 / Notices improved explanation. Paragraphs in General Criteria and Considerations were edited for improved understanding.
Cover Crop Code 340: Minor wording changes were made throughout for clarification. In the Purpose section, specific soil health resource concerns were added as two purpose statements on soil organic matter quantity and aggregate instability, soil organic matter quality, and habitat for soil organisms.
In the General Criteria section, the reference to when cover crops are established has been better defined. One change added no mechanically harvest of cover crops to clarify that cover crops can be grazed but not harvested otherwise. In the Additional Criteria section, a change established criteria for grazing cover crops to improve organic matter.
Dry Hydrant Code 432: The revised standard expands the purpose of dry hydrant to include providing access of available water for additional purposes including livestock water, small acreage irrigation, wetland management, and other purposes where water is needed in limited quantities on a periodic basis in addition to the purpose of providing access to an available water source for fire suppression. The revised standard is intended to be more flexible regarding the use of the standard and encouraging landowners to install dry hydrants to meet needs in addition to fire suppression. Criteria were divided to separately address fire suppression and other purposes. Criteria were revised to be more general.
Dust Management for Pen Surfaces Code 375: The name of this standard has been changed from Dust Control from Animal Activity on Open Lot Surfaces to Dust Management for Pen Surfaces to reflect that it is now entirely a management standard and to simplify the name. Formatting and writing style were updated to meet current agency requirements. Specific criteria, considerations, and references to water application via solid set sprinkler systems were removed from the standard because it is now covered in Sprinkler System Code 442. Specific criteria related to increased stocking density to supply additional moisture to the pen surface for reducing dust potential were added. New references were added, and minor revisions were made for clarity and readability purposes and to update citations for existing references.
Energy Efficient Agricultural Operation Code 374: The standard has been revised extensively. The name has been changed from Farmstead Energy Improvement to Energy Efficient
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Agricultural Operation to reflect the energy efficiency purpose. The standard has been rewritten to focus on the energy efficiency criteria, fire and electrical safety, flexibility, and manufacturers requirements. The requirement for an ASABE S612 Type 2
energy audit has been revised to allow other assessment methods. Criteria was added to support Prescriptive Upgrades to simplify and streamline implementation of some instances of the practice. Criteria was added for heat and air transfer systems and equipment.
Fence Code 382: Formatting and writing style were updated to meet current agency requirements. Minor revisions were made for clarity and readability purposes. References were updated based on literature review.
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment Code 548: The definition was changed by removing the equipment listed.
Added equipment list to criteria separated by soil or plant disturbances.
Reduced safe slope work from 30 to 20
percent.
Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Land Code 543: The criteria in Land Reclamation, Currently Mined Land Code 544 and Land Reclamation, Toxic Discharge Control Code 455, were added to criteria for Land Reclamation, Abandoned Mined Land to put all of the related technical criteria into one standard. The definition, purpose, and conditions where the practice applies were updated to reflect the intent of the practice. The criteria were updated to include the current environmental and personal safety laws and requirements. Plans and Specifications were updated to include the required level of detail.
On-Farm Secondary Containment Facility Code 319: Formatting and writing style were updated to meet current agency requirements. The redundant purpose was removed since both were to protect water quality.
Technical requirements were added or revised, as needed, to be consistent with other referenced codes within the standard.
Precision Land Forming and Smoothing Code 462: The standard has been combined with CPS 466-Land Smoothing since both standards are similar in practice. Minor revisions were made. Clarity was added regarding grading plan and soil health.
Recreation Land Improvement and Protection Code 566: CPS 566, originally titled Recreation Land Grading and Shaping, is being combined with CPS 562, Recreation Area Improvement, and renamed CPS 566, Recreation Land Improvement and Protection. Combining the two
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standards into a single standard makes sense logically and allows for eliminating one of the standards. The new standard retains the number Code 566, and titled, Recreation Land Improvement and Protection to better reflect the elements of the two standards being combined. CPS 562 will be archived. CPS 566 is not a standard likely to be used under NRCS
administered programs, such as EQIP, but is a useful standard for Watersheds Protection and Flood Prevention Act Pub. L. 83566 work in those locations with the potential for development of recreational facilities.
Roof Runoff Structure Code 558:
One purpose was rewritten to remove references to foundation protection since that is not an established resource concern and now just addresses soil erosion. Minor wording changes were made to the Criteria section for clarity and specificity. Changes were made to the Additional Criteria section to Capture Water for Other Uses to address water quality for reuse of captured water and criteria modified for storage of the captured water.
Sinkhole Treatment Code 527: The name was changed from Karst Sinkhole Treatment to Sinkhole Treatment. Safety hazard was addressed as well as minor wording changes to improve clarity.
Sprinkler System Code 442:
Formatting and writing style were updated to meet current agency requirements. Minor revisions were made for clarity and readability purposes. Updated Tables to meet current industry standards. Modified the Land Slope section to allow for pivot systems that may not meet the slope requirement but meet the run-off and application rate requirements.
Added a section for Mobile Drip Irrigation MDI. MDI is a type of irrigation that is partially sprinkler and partially drip type irrigation and it was decided that MDI criteria is more applicable to the standard.
Stream Crossing Code 578: This standard has a few major changes including that it increases siting flexibility, and the addition of vented fords as an alternative where frequent overtopping is expected.
Waste Separation Facility Code 632:
Safety was moved to the beginning of the General Criteria section to emphasize the need for safety on all separation technologies. Wording was added to address location of the facilities and the requirement to manage the 25-year, 24-hour storm event. The sections on Separator selection and Separation efficiency were revised to reference NRCS guidance document National Engineering Handbook NEH,
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