The following technical standards were revised via the SOC Minor Process.

WISCONSIN FIELD OFFICE TECHNICAL GUIDE 450 – 11 – TECHNICAL GUIDE

FOTG NOTICE Wl-92

Purpose. Revisions to Wisconsin Conservation Practice Standards and Specifications.

Effective Date. This notice is effective upon receipt.

Explanation of Changes.

Section IV: Conservation Practice Standards and Specifications :

Pond Sealing or Lining – Compacted Soil Treatment (Code 520) – Cleaned up formatting, English language use and punctuation issues.  Updates to some general and additional criteria.

Pond Sealing or Lining – Concrete (Code 522) – Cleaned up formatting, English language use and punctuation issues.  Criteria moved to the appropriate standard headings. Updates to some general and additional criteria.

Pond Sealing or Lining – Geomembrane or Geosynthetic Clay Liner (Code 521) – Cleaned up formatting, English language use and punctuation issues.  Updates to some additional criteria and references.

Waste Storage Facility (Code 313) – Cleaned up formatting, English language use and punctuation issues.  Updates to some site assessment criteria, additional criteria and definitions.

A webinar on the updated NRCS 313 standard (October 2017R) was held on May 2, 2018.  Click here for a video recording of the webinar.

Clay Liner (WCS 300) – Removed and updated references to the Jan. 2014 version of 313, and ASTM references to the current published ASTM standards.

A link to the full Wisconsin FOTG is located on the NRCS website at:  https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/wi/technical/cp/

or at:   450-11-FOTG-Notice-WI-92