Technical Determinations. These types of decisions must include appeal rights specified in 7 CFR Sections 614.7 (preliminary technical determination) and 614.8 (final technical determination), which provide for review and reconsideration, mediation, or expedited finality at the preliminary determination level and an informal appeal hearing by either the FSA County Committee (COC) or a formal appeal review by NAD at the final technical determination level. It is important that all steps be completely and correctly followed so that the participant cannot claim that the proper appeal rights were not accorded for a particular determination. · Preliminary technical determinations must also undergo a review by the NRCS State Conservationist if, upon reconsideration, the determination remains adverse to the participant. This review will ensure that the technical determination is fully supported by the record and conforms to the specific program regulation. · If one or both of these items are found to be in question, the State Conservationist may either remand the determination to the field office to redo the determination or have another employee conduct a new determination.
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