Part 510 - General Operating Procedures 

 510.31(c) ^ 



(c) Delegating responsibilities for FSA implementation to state, 

 area, or field office staff, including responsibility for conservation 

 plan or system approval in the absence of a conservation district and 

 for BeiJcing determinations on SCS employees' farms; 



(d) Developing state supplements to this manual where authorized 

 and with prior approval of the Director of the Conservation Planning 

 Division; 



(e) Approving accepteJDle conservation systems for the Field 

 Office Technical Guide; 



(f) Establishing, approving, and maintaining current lists of 

 highly erodible soil mapping units, hydric soils, and hydrophytic 

 vegetation; 



(g) Distributing lists of hydrophytic vegetation and National 

 Wetland Inventory maps to field offices; 



(h) Establishing a quality control policy, maintaining high 

 quality work, and cxirrency of training; 



(i) Ensuring completion of environmental evaluations that include 

 cultural resoxirce considerations; and 





 (j) Ruling on FSA appeals at the state level. 



510.32 Area office." 



The area conservationist (AC) is responsible for the management 

 of FSA activities within the area, ruling on appeals at the area 

 level, and carrying out other responsibilities as delegated by the 

 state conservationist, 



510.33 Field office. 



The district conservationist (DC) is responsible for: 



(a) Coordinating technical assistance with the conservation 

 district and county offices of the other USDA agencies. 



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(180-V-NFSAM, Second Ed., Amend. 6, May 1991) 



