[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: 7CFR652.1]

[Page 528-529]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 652_TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 652.1  Applicability.




                      Subpart A_General Provisions

Sec.
652.1 Applicability.
652.2 Definitions.
652.3 Administration.
652.4 Technical service standards.
652.5 Participant acquisition of technical services.
652.6 Department delivery of technical services.
652.7 Quality assurance.

                         Subpart B_Certification

652.21 Certification criteria and requirements.
652.22 Certification process for individuals.
652.23 Certification process for private-sector entities.
652.24 Certification process for public agencies.
652.25 Alternative application process for individual certification.
652.26 Certification renewal.

                        Subpart C_Decertification

652.31 Policy.
652.32 Causes for decertification.
652.33 Notice of proposed decertification.
652.34 Opportunity to contest decertification.
652.35 State Conservationist decision.
652.36 Appeal of decertification decision.
652.37 Period of decertification.
652.38 Scope of decertification.
652.39 Mitigating factors.
652.40 Effect of decertification.
652.41 Effect of filing deadlines.
652.42 Recertification.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3842.

    Source: 69 FR 69472, Nov. 29, 2004, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) The regulations in this part set forth the policies, procedures, 
and requirements related to delivery of technical assistance by 
individuals and entities other than the Department, hereinafter referred 
to as technical service providers. The Food Security Act of 1985, as 
amended, requires the Secretary to deliver technical assistance to 
eligible participants for implementation of its Title XII Programs 
either directly or, at the option of the producer, through payment to 
the producer for an approved third party provider. This regulation 
defines how a participant acquires technical service from a third party 
technical service provider, sets forth a certification and 
decertification process, and establishes a method to make payments for 
technical services.
    (b) Technical service providers may provide technical assistance in 
the planning, design, installation, and check-out of conservation 
practices applied on private land or where allowed by conservation 
program rules on public land where there is a direct private land 
benefit.
    (c) The Chief, NRCS, may implement this part in any of the fifty 
states, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth

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of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands.