The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is revising specific conservation practice standards (CPS) in the National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP). Conservation practice standards with proposed revisions are as follows:
- Access Control (Code 472);
- Controlled Traffic Farming (Code 334);
- Irrigation Canal or Lateral (Code 320);
- Irrigation Ditch Lining (Code 428);
- Irrigation Field Ditch (Code 388);
- Open Channel (Code 582);
- Pest Management Conservation System (Code 595);
- Pumping Plant (Code 533);
- Waste Treatment Lagoon (Code 359);
- Waste Recycling (Code 633);
- Wildlife Habitat (Code 645).
NRCS is giving the public an opportunity to provide comments on the proposed changes to the specific conservation practice standards. Comments are due on or before 07/30/2025. Comments may be submitted through one of the following methods:
- Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRCS-2025-0004. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments; or
- Mail or Hand Delivery: Mr. J’Que C. Jones, National Agricultural Engineer, Conservation Engineering Division, NRCS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, South Building, Room 4949, Washington, DC 20250. In your comment, please specify the Docket ID NRCS-2025-0004.
All comments received will be made publicly available on http://www.regulations.gov.
The copies of the proposed revised standards are available through http://www.regulations.gov by accessing Docket No. NRCS-2025-0004. Alternatively, the proposed revised standards can be downloaded or printed from the https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/getting-assistance/conservation-practices.
Click this link for more information and an overview of the proposed changes.
