[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: 7CFR652.24]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 652_TECHNICAL SERVICE PROVIDER ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Certification
 
Sec. 652.24  Certification process for public agencies.

    (a) A public agency that applies for certification must identify, 
and provide supporting documentation, that it has the authority within 
the jurisdiction within which it seeks to provide technical services and 
an individual or individuals authorized to act on its behalf:
    (1) Has been certified as an individual in accordance with Sec. 
652.22; or
    (2) Seeks certification as an individual as part of the public 
agency's certification and sufficient information as set forth in Sec. 
652.21(a) is contained within the public agency's application to support 
such certification.
    (b) NRCS shall determine whether the individual identified in the 
public agency's application meets the certification standards set forth 
in Sec. 652.22.
    (c) NRCS will, within 60 days of receipt of an application, make a 
determination on the application submitted by a public agency. If NRCS 
determines

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that all requirements for the public agency and the identified 
individual(s) are met, NRCS will perform the actions described in 
paragraph (c)(1) through (c)(3) of Sec. 652.22. The Certification 
Agreement entered into with the public agency shall:
    (1) Identify the certified individuals that are authorized to 
perform technical services on behalf of and under the auspices of the 
public agency's certification;
    (2) Require that the public agency have, at all times, an individual 
that is a certified technical service provider and is an authorized 
official of the public agency;
    (3) Require that the public agency promptly provide to NRCS for NRCS 
approval an amended Certification Agreement when the list of certified 
individuals performing technical services under its auspices changes;
    (4) Require that responsibility for any work performed by non-
certified individuals be assumed by a certified individual that is 
authorized to act on the public agency's behalf; and
    (5) Require that the public agency be legally responsible for the 
work performed by any individual working under the auspices of its 
certification.
    (d) NRCS may, in accordance with the decertification process set 
forth in subpart C of this part, decertify the public agency, the 
certified individual(s) acting under its auspices, or both the public 
agency and the certified individual(s) acting under its auspices.