[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: 7CFR611.10]

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                          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 
disseminating soil survey information.
    (b) A soil survey Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is prepared 
prior to the start of each soil survey project, or a work plan is 
prepared for soil survey maintenance activities. These documents provide 
specific details and technical specifications to support the 
interpretive and data needs of the area to be surveyed. The MOU is 
signed by representatives of NRCS, land grant universities, and in some 
States representatives of other State agencies. Federal land 
administering agencies also sign

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the MOU if federal lands are included in the survey.