[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1466.11]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1466--ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec.  1466.11  Technical and other assistance provided by qualified 
personnel not affiliated with USDA.

    (a) NRCS may use the services of qualified Technical Service 
Providers in performing its responsibilities for technical assistance.
    (b) Participants may use technical and other assistance from 
qualified personnel of other Federal, State, and local agencies, Indian 
Tribes, or individuals who are certified as Technical Service Providers 
by NRCS.

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    (c) Technical and other assistance provided by qualified personnel 
not affiliated with USDA may include, but is not limited to; 
conservation planning; conservation practice survey, layout, design, 
installation, and certification; information, education, and training 
for producers; and training, certification, and quality assurance for 
professional conservationists. Payments to certified Technical Service 
Providers will be made only for an application that has been approved 
for payments.
    (d) NRCS retains approval authority over certification of work done 
by non-NRCS personnel for the purpose of approving EQIP payments.