[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR611.1]

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                          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.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
611.1 Purpose and scope.
611.2 Cooperative relationships.

                    Subpart B_Soil Survey Operations

611.10 Standards, guidelines, and plans.
611.11 Soil survey information.

                    Subpart C_Cartographic Operations

611.20 Function.
611.21 Availability of aerial photography.
611.22 Availability of satellite imagery.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 590a-590f, 590q, 42 U.S.C. 3271-3274.

    Source: 69 FR 60283, Oct. 8, 2004, unless otherwise noted.



    (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.