Adherence to Technical Standards Sample Clauses

Adherence to Technical Standards. The Parties agree to the use of science-based decision-making to address local natural resource issues. Implementation of sound conservation plans and practices will strengthen each party, as well as their roles in the delivery of soil and water conservation. The Resource Conservation District agrees to: • Adhere to Federal, State, Local, and Tribal laws and regulations. • Utilize NRCS policies and procedures, including the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG), and/or other science-based technical standards as applicable to the local conservation priorities and activities. • Leverage and promote use of USDA technologies and software applications, as appropriate. • When implementing NRCS conservation practices on behalf of, or in partnership with NRCS, assign conservation practice job approval authority to its personnel based on employee knowledge, skill, and ability level, and within applicable laws and guidelines. Obtain NRCS concurrence for job approval for practices involving USDA authorities or programs. • As funding and other resources allow, participate in local, state, and national opportunities for policy, program, and project development. NRCS agrees to: • Develop, update, and disseminate technical standards, policies, and procedures. • Seek input and comment from communities on natural resource conservation policies and issues. • Inform the Resource Conservation District and communities when pending NRCS statutes, laws, regulations, policies, or procedures may have a significant impact on the community. • Develop and provide access to USDA technologies and applications to facilitate shared standards, as appropriate. • Evaluate non-NRCS employees and assign job approval authority in accordance with NRCS policy and consistent with State laws when districts are implementing NRCS conservation practices in partnership with, or on behalf of, NRCS. • Provide engineering job approval, when Resource Conservation Districts are implementing NRCS conservation practices in partnership with, or on behalf of NRCS, as based on job class and in accordance with NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes. • Provide conservation planning certification for Resource Conservation District employees, as requested, and in accordance with NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes. • Create and promote opportunities for the Resource Conservation District board members and staff to participate in NRCS policy, progra...
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Adherence to Technical Standards. The Parties agree to the use of science-based decision-making to address local natural resource issues. Implementation of sound conservation plans and practices will strengthen each party, as well as their roles in the delivery of soil and water conservation. 1. The Soil and Water Conservation District shall: a. Adhere to Federal, State, Local, and Tribal laws and regulations. b. Adopt NRCS policies and procedures, including the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG), and other science-based technical standards. c. Leverage and promote use of USDA technologies and applications, as appropriate. d. Assign conservation practice job approval authority to its personnel based on employee knowledge, skill, and ability level, and within applicable laws and guidelines. Obtain NRCS concurrence for job approval for practices involving USDA authorities or programs. e. Participate in local, state, and national opportunities for policy, program, and project development. 2. NRCS shall: a. Develop, update, and disseminate technical standards, policies, and procedures. b. Seek input and comment from communities on natural resource conservation policies and issues. c. Inform the Conservation District and communities when pending statutes, laws, regulations, policies, or procedures may have a significant impact on the community. d. Develop and provide access to USDA technologies and applications to facilitate shared standards, as appropriate. e. Provide job approval authority for non-NRCS employees, in accordance with NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes. f. Provide conservation planning certifications for non-NRCS employees in accordance with the NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes. g. Create and promote opportunities for the Conservation District board members and staff to participate in policy, program, and project development. h. Provide technical or other training for conservation partnership employees in conjunction with its own training, or as separate events. Training must be consistent with and support of NRCS’s mission objectives. As such, the principle emphasis will be on the support and delivery of field-based conservation technical assistance. 3. Missouri Department of Natural Resources and Soil and Water Districts Commission shall: a. Adhere to Federal, State, Local, and Tribal laws and regulations. b. Adopt NRCS policies and procedures, including the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG), ...
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Adherence to Technical Standards. The Parties agree to the use of science-based decision-making to address local natural resource issues. Implementation of sound conservation plans and practices will strengthen each party, as well as their roles in the delivery of soil and water conservation. The Conservation District shall: Adhere to Federal, State, Local, and Tribal laws and regulations. Adopt NRCS policies and procedures, including the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG), and other science-based technical standards. Leverage and promote use of USDA technologies and applications, as appropriate. Assign conservation practice job approval authority to its personnel based on employee knowledge, skill, and ability level, ad within applicable laws and guidelines. Obtain NRCS concurrence for job approval for practices involving USDA authorities or programs. Participate in local, state, and national opportunities for policy, program, and project development. NRCS shall: Develop, update, and disseminate technical standards, policies, and procedures. Seek input and comment from communities on natural resource conservation policies and issues. Inform the Conservation District and communities when pending statutes, laws, regulations, policies, or procedures may have a significant impact on the community. Develop and provide access to USDA technologies and applications to facilitate shared standards, as appropriate. Provide non-NRCS employees job approval authority in accordance with NRCS policy and consistent with State laws. Provide engineering job approval, as based on job class and in accordance with NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes. Provide conservation planning certifications for non-NRCS employees in accordance with the NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes Create and promote opportunities for the Conservation District board members and staff to participate in policy, program, and project development. Provide technical or other training for conservation partnership employees in conjunction with its own training, or as separate events. Training must be consistent with and support of NRCS’s mission objectives. As such, the principle emphasis will be on the delivery of field-based conservation technical assistance.
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Adherence to Technical Standards. The Parties agree to the use of science-based decision-making to address local natural resource issues. Implementation of sound conservation plans and practices will strengthen each party, as well as their roles in the delivery of soil and water conservation. The [Conservation District or Tribal Conservation Advisory Council] shall: Adhere to Federal, State, Local, and Tribal laws and regulations. Adopt NRCS policies and procedures, such as the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG), and other science-based technical standards. Leverage and promote use of USDA technologies and applications, as appropriate. Participate in Tribal, local, state, and national opportunities for policy, program, and project development. Assign conservation practice job approval authority to its personnel based on employee knowledge, skill, and ability level, ad within applicable laws and guidelines. Obtain NRCS concurrence for job approval for practices involving USDA authorities or programs. NRCS shall: Consult with Tribal leadership to seek guidance, input and comment from communities on natural resource conservation policies and issues. Consult with the [Conservation District or Tribal Conservation Advisory Council] prior to developing, updating, and disseminating technical standards, policies, and procedures. Develop and provide access to USDA technologies and applications to facilitate shared standards, as appropriate. Evaluate non-NRCS employees and assign job approval authority in accordance with NRCS policy and consistent with State laws. Provide engineering job approval, as based on job class and in accordance with NRCS policy and Federal, State, and local laws, regulations and codes. Provide technical or other training for Tribal leaders and members in conjunction with its own training, or as separate events. Training must be consistent with and support of NRCS’s mission objectives. As such, the principle emphasis will be on the delivery of field-based conservation technical assistance.
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Related to Adherence to Technical Standards

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  • Adherence to Standards For purposes of clarity, consistency, and ease of understanding, the State, as an acquiring agency of private property for public use, has adopted standards and formats for right-of-way mapping which have proven to facilitate the processes of negotiation, appraisal, relocation assistance, and condemnation. The Engineer’s Surveyor shall adhere to these standards and formats to every extent possible to ensure that the needs of the State are met.

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  • Service Level Standards In addition to all other requirements in this Agreement, and in accordance with the Best Claims Practices & Estimating Guidelines, Vendor shall use reasonable and good faith efforts to meet the Service Level Standards set forth below.

  • Professional Standards The Contractor agrees to maintain the professional standards applicable to its profession and to Contractors doing business in the United States Virgin Islands.

  • General Standards An Assistant Professor will be competent to teach in a particular field, will be current in the literature of that field, and will seek to meet student needs in both the classroom and in non-classroom environments. However, an Assistant may be a junior member of the academic community, with little professional and/or teaching experience. Furthermore, an Assistant may have little experience in curriculum development, committee work, governance, professional and/or community service, etc. In short, an Assistant Professor generally will be new to tenure-track college teaching. For eligibility for promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor, the candidate must have served a minimum of four (4) years at the rank of Assistant Professor, and must show evidence that he/she has grown professionally and consistently has sought to meet student needs, in both the classroom and in non-classroom environments. A successful candidate for the rank of Associate Professor will have remained current in the field, and will have improved his/her teaching in some demonstrable way. He/she also will have demonstrated professional growth in one or more of the following ways: completion of additional appropriate course work (if applicable), attendance at professional conferences, service on campus and/or District committees, professional and/or community service, or, the production of some creative work. Evidence of professional growth will be drawn from a careful analysis of student evaluations and peer evaluations over a period of time, and from a critical reading of materials submitted by the candidate. For promotion from Associate to Professor, the candidate must have served a minimum of four (4) years at the rank of Associate Professor, and must show evidence that he/she has grown professionally to a point where he/she has mastered both a particular field of knowledge and the teaching of that knowledge. A successful candidate must show evidence that he/she consistently has sought to meet student needs, in both the classroom and non-classroom environments. A Professor should be a senior member of the faculty, one who has such substantial experience, knowledge, and skill that he/she could mentor junior faculty in his/her area of expertise. A Professor will have demonstrated all the same kinds of achievements and attributes necessary for promotion to the Associate Professor rank, but in addition will demonstrate that he/she is a leader in some appropriate sense. Evidence of professional growth and leadership will be drawn from a careful analysis of student evaluations and peer evaluations over a period of time, and from a critical reading of materials submitted by the candidate.

  • International Standards In determining whether an international standard, guide, or recommendation within the meaning of Articles 2 and 5 and Annex 3 of the TBT Agreement exists, each Party shall apply the principles set out in Decisions and Recommendations adopted by the Committee since 1 January 1995, G/TBT/1/Rev.8, 23 May 2002, Section IX (Decision of the Committee on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations with relation to Articles 2, 5 and Annex 3 of the Agreement), issued by the WTO Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade.

  • Safety Standards Performance of the Contract for all commodities or contractual services must comply with requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and other applicable State of Florida and federal requirements.

  • Quality Standards Each Party agrees that the nature and quality of its products and services supplied in connection with the other Party's Marks will conform to quality standards set by the other Party. Each Party agrees to supply the other Party, upon request, with a reasonable number of samples of any Materials publicly disseminated by such Party which utilize the other Party's Marks. Each Party will comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and customs and obtain any required government approvals pertaining to use of the other Party's marks.

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