§3272 Cooperative Assistance to State and Other Public Agencies; Types of Assistance; Private Engineering Services

Summary

The Secretary of Agriculture must help a State or other public agency, when asked, by working with them to provide soil surveys and related support. This help is for states and local public agencies (like towns, conservation districts, and planning boards) to guide community planning, protect and improve the environment, build recreational areas, conserve land and water, manage multiple uses of resources, and control pollution from sediment and other pollutants in places that are changing quickly, on farms and off. The support includes studies and reports to classify and explain soils; expanding the use and benefits of the National Cooperative Soil Survey; technical help to use soil survey results; and talking with other federal agencies so the work fits together. This must not interfere with private engineering firms doing on-site sampling, testing, or design and construction work.