42 U.S.C. § 3272 : US Code - Section 3272: Cooperative assistance to State and other public agencies; types of assistance; private engineering services

Search 42 U.S.C. § 3272 : US Code - Section 3272: Cooperative assistance to State and other public agencies; types of assistance; private engineering services

In order to provide soil surveys to assist States, their
political subdivisions, soil and water conservation districts,
towns, cities, planning boards and commissions, community
development districts, and other public agencies in community
planning and resource development for the protection and
improvement of the quality of the environment, recreational
development, the conservation of land and water resources, the
development of multiple uses of such resources, and the control and
prevention of pollution from sediment and other pollutants in areas
of rapidly changing uses, including farm and nonfarm areas, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall, upon the request of a State or
other public agency, provide by means of such cooperative
arrangements with the State or other public agency as he may deem
advisable, the following assistance with respect to such areas and
purposes:
(1) the making of studies and reports necessary for the
classification and interpretation of kinds of soil;
(2) an intensification of the use and benefits of the National
Cooperative Soil Survey;
(3) the furnishing of technical and other assistance needed for
use of soil surveys; and
(4) consultation with other Federal agencies participating or
assisting in the planning and development of such areas in order
to assure the coordination of the work under this chapter with
the related work of such other agencies.
The provision by the Secretary of such assistance shall not
interfere with the furnishing of engineering services by private
engineering firms or consultants for on-site sampling and testing
of sites or for design and construction of specific engineering
works.