[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: 7CFR614.9]

[Page 420]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 614_NRCS APPEAL PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 614.9  Program decisions.

    (a) Program decisions are final upon receipt of the program decision 
notice by the participant. The participant has the following options for 
appeal of the program decision:
    (1) An informal hearing before NRCS as provided for in paragraphs 
(b) through (d) of this section;
    (2) Mediation as provided for at Sec. 614.11; or
    (3) A hearing before NAD pursuant to 7 CFR part 11 or, if the 
program decision is made under Title XII, appeal before the FSA county 
committee pursuant to 7 CFR part 780.
    (b) A program participant must file an appeal request for a hearing 
with the appropriate State Conservationist as indicated in the decision 
notice within 30 calendar days from the date the participant received 
the program decision.
    (c) The State Conservationist may accept a hearing request that is 
untimely filed under paragraph (b) of this section if the State 
Conservationist determines that circumstances warrant such an action.
    (d) The State Conservationist will hold a hearing no later than 30 
days from the date that the appeal request was received. The State 
Conservationist will issue a written final NRCS decision no later than 
30 days from the close of the hearing.