---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 614.8"
title: "7"
number: "614.8"
heading: "Final technical determinations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/614.8"
---

# §614.8. Final technical determinations.

- (a) **Preliminary HELC/WC technical determinations become final and appealable—**
  - (1) Thirty days after receipt of the preliminary technical decision by the participant unless the determination is appealed in a timely manner as provided for in this regulation.
  - (2) Thirty calendar days after the beginning of a mediation session if a mutual agreement has not been reached by the parties; or
  - (3) Upon receipt by the participant of the final technical determination issued on reconsideration as provided in [§ 614.7(c)](/cfr/7/614.7.md?p=c).
- (b) The participant may appeal the final technical determination issued under the HELC/WC provisions to:
  - (1) The FSA county committee pursuant to [7 CFR part 780](/cfr/7/part780.md); or
  - (2) **NAD pursuant to 7 CFR part 11.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 6932 and 6995; and 16 U.S.C. 3822(a).

### Source

Source: 77 FR 34190, June 11, 2012, unless otherwise noted.