The Standards Oversight Council and Wisconsin Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are seeking public comment on updated draft WI Conservation Practice Standard (CPS) 635 Vegetated Treatment Area. The deadline to submit comments on this draft is March 14, 2024.
The proposed changes address issues related to VTAs, including barriers to implementation, siting parameters, and software tools and technical references to complete the design. A SOC work team updated the general criteria, additional criteria, and considerations necessary to achieve the practice purposes in Wisconsin.
NRCS is following the framework for Full Process outlined in the Technical Standards Process Handbook. Background information about this work team and progress is available on the project team website.
How To Submit Comments
- Review the updated draft WI CPS 635 Vegetated Treatment Area;
- Submit comments via email to soc@wisconsinlandwater.org by the end of the day on Thursday, March 14, 2024.
- Keep comments specific and directly related to the standard you are reviewing.
- Insert your comments into the Adobe pdf document, or otherwise indicate the line number(s) or page to which each of your comments refer.
- Respond in the same order as the sections appear in the drafts.
- If you have general comments applicable to the entire standard, please note them as such.
After the review period is complete, all comments will be considered by NRCS and the SOC work team. Draft revisions will be considered and the final updated technical standard will be available to internal and external stakeholders.
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