[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: 7CFR611.10]

[Page 355-356]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 611--SOIL SURVEYS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--Soil Survey Operations
 
Sec. 611.10  Standards, guidelines, and plans.


    (a) NRCS conducts soil surveys under national standards and 
guidelines for naming, classifying, and interpreting soils and for 
publishing soil surveys in the USDA series.
    (b) A soil survey work plan of a county or area of similar size that 
is to be completed for publication is prepared prior to the start of 
each soil survey. The work plan provides information relevant to the 
conduct and publication of the soil survey. The plan is

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signed by representatives of NRCS, land grant universities, and in some 
states representatives of other state agencies. Federal land 
administering agencies also sign the work plan if federal lands are 
included in the survey.