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| 10.902 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION |
| FEDERAL AGENCY |
| NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
| AUTHORIZATION |
| Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936, as amended, Public Law 74-46, 16 U.S.C. 590 a-f. |
| OBJECTIVES |
| To help people conserve, improve, and sustain our natural resources and environment. |
| TYPES OF ASSISTANCE |
| Advisory Services and Counseling. |
| USES AND USE RESTRICTIONS |
| Technical assistance to the general public in planning and applying natural resource conservation practices, systems, and treatment; and furnishing technical natural resource conservation information to State and local governments. |
| Applicant Eligibility |
| Land users, Land owners, Community organizations State governments and local governments. Resource assistance needed is usually reviewed with the conservation district governing body. Individuals and groups may become cooperators with local conservation districts to which application for assistance is directed. Applicants are also eligible in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Western Pacific U.S. Trust Territories. |
| Beneficiary Eligibility |
| General public, State governments, and local governments. |
| Credentials/Documentation |
| None. |
| Preapplication Coordination |
| This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372. |
| Application Procedure |
| Contact the local Natural Resources Conservation Service office in nearly all counties. Preapplication coordination of this program is not required. This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-110. |
| Award Procedure |
| Not applicable. |
| Deadlines |
| None. |
| Range of Approval/Disapproval Time |
| Not applicable. |
| Appeals |
| Not applicable. |
| Renewals |
| Not applicable. |
| Formula and Matching Requirements |
| Not applicable. |
| Length and Time Phasing of Assistance |
| Not applicable. |
| Reports |
| Not applicable. |
| Audits |
| Not applicable. |
| Records |
| Not applicable. |
| Account Identification |
| 12-1000-0-1-302. |
| Obligations |
| (Salaries and expenses) FY 07 est $634,320,000; FY 08 est not available; and FY 09 est not reported. |
| Range and Average of Financial Assistance |
| Not applicable. |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS |
| NRCS provided conservation technical assistance to nearly 3 million customers, in fiscal year 2000. Of the customers assisted, over 347,000 were members of minority groups. As a result of these conservation planning services, a total of 10.2 million acres of cropland and 10.8 million acres of grazing land were treated to the resource management system level (sustainable management). On 4.2 million acres of cropland that had been eroding at excessive rates, NRCS technical assistance enabled farmers to reduce erosion to the tolerable rate or less, thus preserving the productive capacity of the soil. Overall, NRCS provided conservation planning assistance on more than 34 million acres of land in all uses and application assistance on more than 29 million acres. |
| REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND LITERATURE |
| "Conquest of the Land," AIB99; "Soil Erosion by Water," AIB513; "Assistance Available from the Natural Resources Conservation Service," AIB345; "Controlling Erosion on Construction Sites," AIB347; "Community Improvement Through Resource Conservation and Development," PA1077; "Save Soil Systematically," PA1366. "List of Published Soil Surveys;" "Going Wild with Natural resource Conservation," PA1363; "Conversation Planning-You and Your Land," PA 1376, "Farming and Maintaining Terraces," LN570. |
| Regional or Local Office |
| State and local Natural Resources Conservation Service offices (see Appendix IV of the Catalog). |
| Headquarters Office |
| Jose Acevedo, Deputy Chief for Natural Resources Conservation Programs, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013. Telephone: (202) 720-4527. |
| Web Site Address |
| http://www.nrcs.usda.gov |
| RELATED PROGRAMS |
| 10.054, Emergency Conservation Program; 10.500, Cooperative Extension Service; 10.901, Resource Conservation and Development; 10.903, Soil Survey; 10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention; 10.905, Plant Materials for Conservation; 10.906, Watershed Surveys and Planning; 10.907, Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting; 10.910, Rural Abandoned Mine Program. |
| EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS |
| Not applicable. |
| CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS |
| Not applicable. |
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General Services Administration Office of Chief Acquisition Officer Regulatory and Federal Assistance Division (VIR) |
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