---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 12.20"
title: "7"
number: "12.20"
heading: "NRCS responsibilities regarding highly erodible land."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/12.20"
---

# §12.20. NRCS responsibilities regarding highly erodible land.


In implementing the provisions of this part, NRCS shall, to the extent practicable:

- (a) Develop and maintain criteria for identifying highly erodible lands;
- (b) Prepare and make available to the public lists of highly erodible soil map units;
- (c) Make soil surveys for purposes of identifying highly erodible land; and
- (d) Provide technical guidance to conservation districts which approve conservation plans and systems, in consultation with local county FSA committees, for the purposes of this part.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3801, 3811-12, 3812a, 3813-3814, and 3821-3824.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 47025, Sept. 6, 1996, unless otherwise noted.