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USDA/NRCS RIN: 0578-AA56 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●NRCS Conservation Program Transparency Compliance 
Abstract: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently published two regulations, 2 CFR part 25 and 2 CFR part 170, to assist agencies and recipients of Federal financial assistance comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (FFATA) (Pub. L. 109-282, as amended). Both regulations have implementation requirements beginning October 1, 2010. The regulations at 2 CFR part 25 require, with some exceptions, recipients of Federal financial assistance to apply for and receive a Dun and Bradstreet Universal Numbering Systems (DUNS) number and register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). The regulations at 2 CFR part 170 establish new requirements for Federal financial assistance applicants, recipients, and sub-recipients. The regulation provides standard wording that each agency must include in its awarding of financial assistance that requires recipients to report information about first-tier sub-awards and executive compensation under those awards. NRCS has determined that 2 CFR part 25 and 2 CFR part 170 apply to certain awards of financial assistance provided under the Watershed Operations Program (including the Watershed Rehabilitation Program), the Emergency Watershed Protection Program, the Healthy Forests Reserve Program, the Agricultural Management Assistance Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. Therefore, NRCS is initiating this rulemaking to incorporate, by reference, these registration and reporting requirements in current program regulations. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 2 CFR 25    2 CFR 170   
Legal Authority: PL 109-282   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Direct Final Rule  04/08/2011  76 FR 19683   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Martha Joseph
Special Assistant to the Deputy Chief for Programs
Department of Agriculture
Natural Resources Conservation Service
14th and Independence Avenue SW, Room 5109-S,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:814 203-5562
Email: martha.joseph@pa.usda.gov