---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1465.8"
title: "7"
number: "1465.8"
heading: "Technical services provided by qualified personnel not affiliated with USDA."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1465.8"
---

# §1465.8. Technical services provided by qualified personnel not affiliated with USDA.

- (a) NRCS may use the services of qualified TSPs in performing its responsibilities for technical assistance.
- (b) Participants may use technical services from qualified personnel of other Federal, State, local agencies, Indian Tribes, or individuals who are certified as TSPs by NRCS.
- (c) Technical services provided by qualified personnel not affiliated with USDA may include, but are not limited to: conservation planning; conservation practice survey, layout, design, installation, and certification; and information, education, and training for producers, and related technical services as defined in [7 CFR part 652](/cfr/7/part652.md).
- (d) NRCS retains approval authority of work done by non-NRCS personnel for the purpose of approving AMA payments.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1524(b).

### Source

Source: 74 FR 64595, Dec. 8, 2009, unless otherwise noted.