# Technical Service Provider Assistance
> **Natural Resources Conservation Service** · Interim final rule with request for comment. · Published 2009-01-16 · Effective 2009-01-16 · 74 FR 2800
## Document
- **Document number:** E9-828
- **Category:** conservation
- **Sub-agency:** Natural Resources Conservation Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 74 FR 2800
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 652
- **Publication date:** 2009-01-16
- **Effective date:** 2009-01-16
## Abstract

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing an interim final rule for technical service provider (TSP) assistance as authorized under the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. This interim final rule amends the Technical Service Provider (TSP) regulations to address changes made by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The Secretary of Agriculture has delegated to NRCS the responsibility for administering the authority for technical service provider assistance.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/01/16/E9-828/technical-service-provider-assistance)
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