whenever required by RnHA regulations. RecannEndations accepted 

 by RnHA will then be included in subsequent disposal actions. 



IV. General ; Each agency will designate apprc^riate field and State 

 Coordinators to inplenent this Menorandum of Uiderstanding. 



A. RnHA County Supervisors will serve as day-to-day field 

 coordinators for lands within their jurisdiction. RnHA 

 State Directors will appoint either the Fanner Programs Chief 

 or State Environmental Coordinator (with the other named as 

 alternate) as the overall RnHA State Coordinator for inplementing 

 this document. 



B. Service Regiaial Directors will designate State 

 Coordinator (s) for each State to work directly with PnnHA 

 County Supervisors and E^nHA State Coordinators to inplement 

 this document. Ihe Service State Coordinator will be 

 assisted by designated biologists responsible for field 

 reviews. 



C. Within 30 days of the enactment of this Memorandum of 

 Chderstanding the State Coordinator for each agency will 

 meet to initiate e{:prcpriate inplementation activities 

 (e.g. , establish protocols, ideitify county caitacts, screen 

 existing inventory tracts, prepare for processing new 

 tracts) . 



D. Timeframes for notification, analyses, reviews, resulting actions 

 and transmittal of ccrments will conform to FtnHA requirements. 

 Telephone responses, followed by written documentation, are 

 acceptable. Unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the Service 

 State Coordinator and the affected County Supervisor, the Service 

 will ccnplete its review and provide a written response for 

 invaitory property matters within 45 calendar days from 



notif icaticxi of the opportunity to ccmment. For technical 

 assistance requests involving Farmer Program eqpplications (loan) , 

 the Service will respond within 15 days of the request unless 

 RnHA indicates in its request that a guaranteed loan involving 

 an Ppptoved Lender is concerned, in which case the Service will 

 respond within 10 days of the FmHA request (in roost cases, this 

 can be handled via tel^hone response) . If the Service does 

 not respond within these timeframes, FmHA may proceed to make 

 any required environmental review and analysis on its cwn. 



Final decisions, including any land disposal actions, shall rest 

 with the FwEA approval official for the action. Resolution of 

 outstanding issues within a State will be at the State Coordinator 

 level and will not incunber the specific action in which the questi(»i 

 arises. Dhresolved issues and those of a multi-State nature will be 

 addressed at the Regiaial an^or Washingtai Office level of the 

 Service and the Natioial Office level of FmHA. 



