# Technical Service Provider Assistance
> **Natural Resources Conservation Service** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2002-11-21 · Effective 2003-03-01 · 67 FR 70119
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-29301
- **Category:** rural-development
- **Sub-agency:** Natural Resources Conservation Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 70119
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 652
- **Publication date:** 2002-11-21
- **Effective date:** 2003-03-01
## Abstract

This interim final rule sets forth the Department's process for administering the provision of conservation technical assistance by technical service providers as authorized under section 1242 of the Food Security Act, as amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill). The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated responsibility for administering technical services provided by technical service providers to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). NRCS seeks comments from the public on this interim final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/11/21/02-29301/technical-service-provider-assistance)
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