[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: 7CFR614.1] [Page 416] TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PART 614_NRCS APPEAL PROCEDURES--Table of Contents Sec. 614.1 General. Sec. 614.1 General. 614.2 Definitions. 614.3 Decisions subject to informal appeal procedures. 614.4 Decisions not subject to appeal. 614.5 Reservation of authority. 614.6 Agency records and decision notices. 614.7 Preliminary technical determinations. 614.8 Final technical determinations. 614.9 Program decisions. 614.10 Appeals before the Farm Service Agency county committee. 614.11 Mediation. 614.12 Transcripts. 614.13 Appealability review. 614.14 Computation of time. 614.15 Implementation of final agency decisions. 614.16 Participation of third parties in NRCS proceedings. 614.17 Judicial review. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 6932 and 6995; and 16 U.S.C. 3822(a). Source: 71 FR 28245, May 16, 2006, unless otherwise noted. This part sets forth the informal appeal procedures under which a participant may appeal adverse technical determinations or program decisions made by officials of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These regulations reflect NRCS policy to resolve at the agency level, to the greatest extent possible, disputes arising from adverse technical determinations and program decisions made by NRCS. Once a decision is rendered final by NRCS, participants may appeal to the National Appeals Division (NAD) as provided for under 7 CFR part 11, or the FSA county committee pursuant to 7 CFR part 780 for decisions rendered under Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 3801 et seq. (Title XII).