PART 613 — PLANT MATERIALS CENTERS [ 7 CFR 613 ]PART613 — PLANT MATERIALS CENTERS [ 7 CFR 613 ]Table of Contents§ 613.1 — Purpose.§ 613.2 — Policy and objectives.§ 613.3 — NRCS responsibilities in plantmaterials.§ 613.4 — Special production of plantmaterials.§ 613.5 — PMCs.Authority: 16U.S.C. 590a–590f, 5908; 7 U.S.C. 1010–1011.Source: 73FR 51351, Sept. 3, 2008, unless otherwise noted.§ 613.1 Purpose.This part provides NRCS policy on the operation of PMCs.The Centers have responsibilities for assembling, testing, releasing, andproviding for the commercial production and use of plant materials and plantmaterials technology for programs of soil, water, and related resourceconservation and development. § 613.2 Policy and objectives.(a) It is NRCS policy to assemble, comparativelyevaluate, release, and distribute for commercial increase new or improved plantmaterials and plant materials technology needed for broad programs of resourceconservation ...