[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR624.4]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 624_EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  624.4  Administration.

    NRCS shall provide overall administrative directive and guidance for 
EWP. NRCS will transfer funds to the Forest Service (FS) of the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the national level for work to be 
installed by FS or its cooperators. Under general program criteria and 
procedures established by NRCS, FS is responsible for administering EWP 
measures on National Forests and National Grasslands. FS is also 
responsible for emergency measures on all forested lands or rangelands 
within the National Forests, on adjacent rangelands that are 
administered under formal agreement with FS, and on other forest lands. 
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these lands, emergency work is done by either NRCS or FS as mutually 
agreed. In carrying out their responsibilities, FS and NRCS work 
cooperatively with other Federal, State, and local government agencies.