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Timestamp: 2013-12-21 12:38:51
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 3842', '§ 3842', '§ 3842', '§ 1242', '§ 2701', '§ 2706', '§ 4', '§ 2706']

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16 USC § 3842 - Delivery of technical assistance
Definition of eligible participant
In this section, the term “eligible participant” means a producer, landowner, or entity that is participating in, or seeking to participate in, programs for which the producer, landowner, or entity is otherwise eligible to participate in under this chapter or the agricultural management assistance program under section 1524 of title 7.
Purpose of technical assistance
The purpose of technical assistance authorized by this section is to provide eligible participants with consistent, science-based, site-specific practices designed to achieve conservation objectives on land active in agricultural, forestry, or related uses.
The Secretary shall provide technical assistance under this chapter to an eligible participant—
The Secretary may request the services of, and enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, other agencies within the Department or non-Federal entities to assist the Secretary in providing technical assistance necessary to assist in implementing conservation programs under this chapter.
The purpose of the third-party provider program is to increase the availability and range of technical expertise available to eligible participants to plan and implement conservation measures.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
In promulgating such regulations, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall—
Effective for fiscal year 2008 and each subsequent fiscal year, funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation made available to carry out technical assistance for each of the programs specified in section 3841 of this title shall be available for the provision of technical assistance from third-party providers under this section.
An agreement with a third-party provider under this section shall have a term that—
Review of certification requirements
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the Secretary shall—
Inclusion of activities
The Secretary may include as activities eligible for payments to a third party [1]
The Secretary shall not designate as an activity eligible for payments to a third party [1]
The Secretary shall establish fair and reasonable amounts of payments for technical services provided by third-party providers.
Availability of technical services
In carrying out the programs under this chapter and the agricultural management assistance program under section 1524 of title 7, the Secretary shall make technical services available to all eligible participants who are installing an eligible practice.
In any case in which financial assistance is not provided under a program referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary may enter into a technical service contract with the eligible participant for the purposes of assisting in the planning, design, or installation of an eligible practice.
Review of conservation practice standards
In conducting the review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with eligible participants, crop consultants, cooperative extension and land grant universities, nongovernmental organizations, and other qualified entities.
Expedited revision of standards
If the Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that revisions to the conservation practice standards, including engineering design specifications, are necessary, the Secretary shall establish an administrative process for expediting the revisions.
Addressing concerns of speciality crop, organic, and precision agriculture producers
Availability of adequate technical assistance
The Secretary shall ensure that adequate technical assistance is available for the implementation of conservation practices by producers involved with organic, specialty crop production, or precision agriculture through Federal conservation programs.
In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall develop—
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1242, as added Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2701,May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 279; amended Pub. L. 110–234, title II, § 2706,May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1074; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title II, § 2706,June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1802.)