[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: 7CFR621.10]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 621_RIVER BASIN INVESTIGATIONS AND SURVEYS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart B_USDA Cooperative Studies
 
Sec. 621.10  Description.


    Cooperative river basin studies provide USDA planning assistance to 
Federal, State, and local governments. The purpose of these studies is 
to assist in appraising water and related land resources; defining and 
determining the extent of the problems; and formulating alternative 
plans, including land treatment, nonstructural or structural measures, 
or combinations thereof, that would solve existing problems or meet 
existing and projected needs. These studies concentrate on specific 
objectives identified by the requesting agencies and citizen groups that 
are consistent with USDA authorities and responsibilities and current 
NRCS priorities. The objectives ordinarily include the formulation of a 
plan but may require only inventories of available resources and 
associated problems to be used by other agencies in plan

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formulation. USDA assistance is provided through field advisory 
committees composed of representatives of the Economic Research Service, 
Forest Service, and NRCS. The NRCS representative chairs the field 
advisory committee.