[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: 7CFR614.6]

[Page 419]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 614_NRCS APPEAL PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 614.6  Agency records and decision notices.

    (a) All NRCS decisions under this part are based upon an agency 
record. NRCS will supplement the agency record, as appropriate, during 
the informal appeals process.
    (b) NRCS notifies participants of the agency's preliminary and final 
technical determinations and program decisions through decision notices. 
By certified mail return receipt requested, NRCS will send to the 
participant a decision notice within 10 working days of rendering a 
technical determination or program decision. In lieu of certified mail, 
NRCS may hand deliver notices to participants with written 
acknowledgment of delivery by the participant. Each decision notice 
contains the following:
    (1) The factual basis for the technical determination or program;
    (2) The regulatory, statutory, and/or policy basis for the technical 
determination or program decision; and
    (3) Information regarding any informal appeal rights available under 
this part; the process for requesting such appeal; and the procedure for 
requesting further review before the FSA county committee pursuant to 7 
CFR 780 or NAD pursuant to 7 CFR part 11, if applicable.