Subpart G - Quality Control 



510.71(a) (2) 



(g) All FSA determinations, conservation plans, revised 

 conservation plans, and applied conservation systems that are on farms 

 owned and/or operated by SCS employees are to be reviewed during the 

 year in which the activity took place. 



(h) Assistant chiefs are responsible for ensuring that state 

 conservationists carry out adequate quality control. 



(i) FSA appraisals will be carried out in a state when requested 

 by the assistant chief or by the state conservationist. 



(j) Reports. 



(1) The status review data base developed as required by 

 §510.44 (h) will be used to meet national quality control reporting 

 requirements . 



(2) The CPD Director will use state data base reports to 

 determine if FSA appraisals, additional reviews, or additional 

 training are needed. 



§510.71 Prevention of fraud, waste, and abuse. 



(a) The compliance aspects of the HEL, wetland, amd Conservation 

 Reserve Program (CRP) provisions are such that there are opportunities 

 for fraud, waste, and abuse to occur. The following guidelines will 

 allow SCS line officers who are responsible for quality control to 

 give special attention to prevention of fraud, waste, emd eUsuse. 



(1) Quality reviews should be increased in those areas where 

 determinations are inconsistent with the extent of HEL, hydric soil, 

 and wetland known to occur. 



(2) SCS employees who observe possible compliamce 

 deficiencies while providing onsite assistance are to call these items 

 to the attention of the person. SCS will then request ASCS to issue a 

 Form ASCS-569 to SCS for the person on whose lamd the possible 

 compliance deficiency was observed. SCS will use status review 

 procedures in NFSAM §510. 44(d) to reach a decision for the tract. See 

 §510.52 for SCS use of Form ASCS-569, and 516.18 for exhibit of the 

 form. 



510-55 

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



