[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: 7CFR625.3]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 625_HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 625.3  Administration.

    (a) The regulations in this part will be administered under the 
general supervision and direction of the Chief.
    (b) The Chief may modify or waive a provision of this part if the 
Chief determines that the application of such provision to a particular 
limited situation is inappropriate and inconsistent with the goals of 
the program.
    (c) No delegation in this part to lower organizational levels shall 
preclude the Chief from determining any issue arising under this part or 
from reversing or modifying any determination arising from this part.
    (d) The State Conservationist will develop the rates of compensation 
for an easement, a priority ranking process, and any related technical 
matters.
    (e) The NRCS shall coordinate with FWS and NMFS in the 
implementation of the program and in establishing program policies. In 
carrying out this program, NRCS may consult with nonindustrial private 
forest landowners, the Forest Service and other Federal agencies, State 
fish and wildlife agencies, State forestry agencies, State environmental 
quality agencies, other State conservation agencies; and nonprofit 
conservation organizations. No determination by FWS, NMFS, the Forest 
Service, any Federal or State agency, conservation district, or other 
organization shall compel the NRCS to take any action which the NRCS 
determines will not serve the purposes of the program established by 
this part.