[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR610.23]

[Page 353]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 610--TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C--State Technical Committees
 
Sec. 610.23  State Technical Committee meetings.

    (a) The State Conservationist shall provide public notice of State 
Technical Committee meetings in which issues related to conservation 
programs will be considered.
    (b) The State Conservationist shall publish a meeting notice no 
later than 14 calendar days prior to the meeting. Notification may 
exceed this 14-day minimum where State open meeting laws exist and 
provide for a longer notification period. This minimum 14-day notice 
requirement may be waived in the case of exceptional conditions. The 
State Conservationist shall publish this notice in at least one or more 
newspaper(s), including recommended Tribal publications, to attain 
statewide circulation. The State Conservationist, as Chairperson, 
schedules and conducts the meetings, although a meeting may be requested 
by any USDA agency as needed.