WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Natural Resources Conservation Service has issued a notice called: Changes in Hydric Soils Database Selection Criteria of the United States.
The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 25 by Colton Buckley, Associate Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Summary: The National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils (NTCHS) has updated the hydric criteria used to select map unit components for the hydric soils list. The former database selection criteria created to select soils that may meet the definition of hydric soils did not include subaqueous soils. As required by 7 CFR 12.31, NRCS is hereby providing notice of the changes to the selection criteria for hydric soils as set forth in the NTCHS...