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or (3) five years after the date on which such ad- 

 verse finding was filed if such an offer to lease or 

 to purchase such wetland area has not been ac- 

 cepted by the owner thereof: Provided further . That 

 upon any change in the ownership of the land with 

 respect to which such adverse finding was filed, the 



eligibility of such land for such financial or techni- 

 cal assistance shall be redetermined in accordance 

 with the provisions of this section. (Apr. 27, 1935, 

 ch. 85. § 16A, as added Oct. 2, 1962, Pub. L. 87-732, 

 76 Stat. 696.) 



55. Soil Information Assistance for Community Planning and 



Resources Development 



42 11.S.C. 3271-3274 



Sec. 

 3271. 



3272. 



3273. 



3274. 



ATallablllty of soil surveys under soil survey pro- 

 gram. 



Cooperative assistance to State and other public 

 agencies; types of assistance; private engineer- 

 ing services. 



Contributions of State or other public agencies 

 toward the cost of soil surveys. 



Authorization of appropriations. 



§3271. Availability of soil surveys under soil survey 

 program. 



In recognition of the increasing need for soil sur- 

 veys by the States and other public agencies in con- 

 nection with community planning and resource de- 

 velopment for protecting and improving the quality 

 of the environment, meeting recreational needs, 

 conserving land and water resources, providing for 

 multiple uses of such resources, and controlling and 

 reducing pollution from sediment and other pollu- 

 tants in areas of rapidly changing uses, including 

 farmlands being shifted to other uses, resulting from 

 rapid expansions in the uses of land for Industry, 

 housing, transportation, recreation, and related 

 services, it is the sense of Congress that the soU 

 survey program of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture should be conducted so as to make avail- 

 able soil surveys to meet such needs of the States and 

 other public agencies in connection with community 

 planning and resource development. (Pub. L. 89- 

 560. § 1. Sept. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 706.) 



§ 3272. Cooperative assistance to State and other pub- 

 lic agencies; types of assistance; private engi- 

 neering services. 



In- order to provide soil surveys to assist States, 

 their political subdivisions, soil and water conserva- 

 tion districts, towns, cities, planning boards and 

 commissions, community development districts, and 

 other public agencies in community planning and 

 resource development for the protection and Im- 

 provement of the quality of the environment, recre- 

 ational development, the conservation of land and 

 water resources, the development of multiple uses of 

 such resources, and the control and prevention of 

 pollution from sediment and other pollutants in 

 areas of rapidly changing uses, including farm and 

 nonfarm areas, the Secretary of Agriculture shall. 



upon the request of a State or other public agenc, 

 provide by means of such cooperative arrangement 

 with the State or other public agency as he miy 

 deem advisable, the following assistance with respait 

 to such areas and purposes : 



(1) the making of studies and reports neces- 

 sary for the classification and interpretation of 

 kinds of soil : 



(2> an intensification of the use and benefit; of 

 the National Cooperative Soil Survey: 



(3) the furnishing of technical and other as- 

 sistance needed for use of soil surveys ; and 



(4) consultation with other Federal agercies 

 participating or assisting in the planmng and de- 

 velopment of such areas in order to assure thi co- 

 ordination of the w^ork under this chapter with 

 the related work of such other agencies. 



The provision by the Secretary of such assistince 

 shall not interfere with the furnishing of engireer- 

 ing services by private engineering firms or con- 

 sultants for on-site sampling and testing of sit;s or 

 for design and construction of specific enginetring 

 works. (Pub. L. 89-560, § 2, Sept. 7, 1966, 80 Stat. 

 706.) 



§3273. Contributions of State or other public ageicies 

 toward the cost of soil surveys. 



It is further the sense of the Congress that the 

 Secretary shall make a reasonable effort to assure 

 that the contributions of any State or other public 

 agency under any cooperative agreement which may 

 be entered Into between the Secretary and such 

 State or other public agency with respect to a soil 

 survey shall be a substantial portion of the cost of 

 such soil survey. (Pub. L. 89-560, § 3, Sept. 7, 1966, 

 80 Stat. 706.) 



§3274. Authorization of appropriations. 



There are hereby authorized to be appropriated 

 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the pur- 

 poses of this chapter, such sums to remain available 

 until expended. (Pub. L. 89-560, § 4. Sept. 7, 1966, 

 80 Stat. 706.) 



