[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: 7CFR624.5]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 624_EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 624.5  Coordination.

    (a) If the President declares an area to be a major disaster area, 
NRCS will provide assistance which will be coordinated with the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) or its designee. FEMA is the lead 
federal agency for Presidentially-declared natural disasters.
    (b) When an NRCS State Conservationist determines that a watershed 
impairment exists, but the President does not declare an area to be a 
major disaster area, FEMA does not coordinate assistance. In this 
situation, NRCS will assume the lead, provide assistance, and coordinate 
work with the appropriate State office of emergency preparedness and 
other Federal, tribal, or local agencies involved with emergency 
activities, as appropriate.
    (c) In the case where the watershed impairment exists solely on FS 
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lands, the FS will determine the existence of the impairment, assume the 
lead, provide assistance and coordinate work with the appropriate State 
office of emergency preparedness and other Federal, tribal, or local 
agencies involved with emergency activities, as appropriate.