[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: 7CFR613.1] [Page 414] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 613_PLANT MATERIALS CENTERS--Table of Contents Sec. 613.1 Purpose. Sec. 613.1 Purpose. 613.2 Policy and objectives. 613.3 NRCS responsibilities in plant materials. 613.4 Special production of plant materials. 613.5 Plant materials centers. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 590a-f 590f, 5908; 7 U.S.C. 1010-1011. Source: 72 FR 68743, Dec. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted. This part provides NRCS policy on the operation of plant materials centers. The centers have responsibilities for assembling, testing, releasing, and providing for the commercial production and use of plant materials and plant materials technology for programs of soil, water, and related resource conservation and development.