[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: 7CFR611.1]

[Page 355]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 611--SOIL SURVEYS--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 611.1  Purpose and scope.


    (a) This part sets forth policy on soil survey operations of the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
    (b) NRCS is responsible for soil survey activities of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA). A soil survey provides (1) an orderly, 
on-the-ground, scientific inventory of soil resources according to their 
potentialities and problems of use, and (2) information about each kind 
of soil in sufficient detail to meet all reasonable needs of farmers, 
agricultural technicians, community planners, engineers, and scientists 
in planning and transferring the findings of research and experience to 
specific land areas.