{"data":{"id":"us/7-cfr-632.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"7 CFR 632.16","heading":"Methods of applying planned land use and treatment.","body":"(a) Land users may arrange to apply the planned land uses and conservation treatment specified in the contract by one or more of the following methods:\n(1) By performing the required treatment with his own labor and equipment.\n(2) By hiring a qualified contractor to install the required treatment.\n(3) By requesting NRCS to award and administer a contract to perform the required treatment in accordance with 41 CFR chapters I and IV.\n(b) State conservationists are to develop criteria specifying the conditions for which NRCS will award and administer a contract. Criteria will consider: Type of equipment required, type and amount of conservation treatment required, costs of the required reclamation, needs of the land user, and the applicable cost-share rate. If the Federal share is less than 100 percent, a land user must put up his estimated share of the cost before NRCS awards the contract.","path":["Title 7—Agriculture","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Department of Agriculture","CHAPTER VI—NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER D—LONG TERM CONTRACTING","PART 632—RURAL ABANDONED MINE PROGRAM","Subpart B—Qualifications"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-7.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"e0a53f30605ad93b616369593a3be7cdaa64b5fade63d9900482fe5257b284e2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/7-cfr-632.15","next":"us/7-cfr-632.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}