[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: 7CFR624.3]

[Page 380]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 624--EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 624.3  Scope.

    (a) Authorized EWP technical and financial assistance may be made 
available when an emergency exists. Emergency water shed protection 
consists of emergency measures for runoff retardation and soil erosion 
prevention as needed to reduce hazards to life and property from floods, 
drought, and the products of erosion on any watershed imparied by a 
natural disaster.
    (b) Technical assistance includes engineering and other technical 
expertise necessary for planning and installing emergency measures. 
Emergency watershed protection is authorized in the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands.