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<br />OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT <br /> <br />Between the <br /> <br />UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />and <br />DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES- <br />DIVISION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION <br />and <br />THE CABARRUS SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br />and <br />CABARRUS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> <br />For their Cooperation in the <br />Conservation of Natnral Resonrces <br /> <br />BACKGROUND STATEMENT AND PURPOSE <br /> <br />THIS AGREEMENT is between the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the United <br />States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the DENR-Division of Soil and Water Conservation (DSWC) an agency <br />of the State of North Carolina, the Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District (CSWCD) and Cabarrus County <br />collectively referred to as the parties, to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the parties, <br /> <br />The purpose of this agreement is to supplement the Cooperative Working Agreement between the USDA-Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, North <br />Carolina Soil and Water Conservation Commission, and Cabarrus Soil and Water Conservation District. This <br />operational agreement documents those areas of common interest of the federal, state and local partnership in natural <br />resources conservation. <br /> <br />The parties mutually agree to provide leadership in natural resources conservation, The parties pledge to work <br />together by advancing and practicing teamwork, including input in the decision making process; communicating, <br />coordinating, and cooperating; promoting mutual respect, and sharing leadership, ownership, credit and <br />responsibility. <br /> <br />AUTHORITIES, STATUTEIl, LAWS <br /> <br />NRCS is authorized to cooperate and furnish assistance to the parties in the conservation of natural resources as <br />referenced in the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 16 U,S,c. 590; The Department of Agriculture <br />Reorganization Act of 1994, Public Law 103-354; and Secretary's Memorandum No, 1010-1, Reorganization of the <br />Department of Agriculture, dated October 20, 1994, <br /> <br />DSWC is authorized to enter into this agreement by North Carolina General Statutes ~ 139-4 and ~143B-294 _ <br />~143B-297, <br /> <br />G- - G:, <br />