2010-141 DEAPR - Operational Agreement - Orange Soil and Water District

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3 OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT Between the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE and DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES - DIVISION OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION .and THE ORANGE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT and ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA REGARDING Cooperation in the Conservation of Natural Resources in ORANGE COUNTY SECTION 1. BACKGROUND STATEMENT AND PURPOSE THIS AGREEMENT is between the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (iJSDA), referred to herein as "MRCS"; the DENR-Division of Soil and Water Conservation (DSWC) an agency of the State of North Carolina, referred to herein as the "Division"; the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District "the District" and Orange County (the "County"),apolitical subdivision of the State of North Carolina, collectively referred to as the parties, to clearly define the roles and responsibilities of the parties as relates to cooperation on the conservation of natural resources and the administration of the District within the County organizational structure.. The purpose of this agreement is to supplement the Cooperative Working Agreement between the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, North Carolina Soil and Water Conservation Commission, and Orange Soil and Water Conservation District. This operational agreement documents those areas of common interest of the federal, state and local partnership in natural resources conservation. The parties mutually agree to provide leadership in natural resources conservation. The parties pledge to work together by advancing and practicing teamwork, including input in the decision making process; communicating, coordinating, and cooperating; promoting mutual respect, and sharing leadership, ownership, credit and responsibility.