---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 636.18"
title: "7"
number: "636.18"
heading: "Technical services provided by qualified personnel not affiliated with USDA."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/636.18"
---

# §636.18. 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, and 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 related technical services as defined in [7 CFR part 652](/cfr/7/part652.md).
- (d) NRCS retains approval authority over certification of work done by non-NRCS personnel for the purpose of approving WHIP payments.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3839bb-1.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 71338, Nov. 23, 2010, unless otherwise noted.