More Resources:

The Mediation Process
Mediation Timeline
Our Purpose
Mediation Brochure (PDF)
Mediation Authorities
Mediation for RD Employees
Mediation Home

The following laws and regulations, among others, authorize Rural Development's use of mediation as a form of alternative dispute resolution:

• Department of Agriculture Regulation 4710-001: Alternative Dispute Resolution
  
• Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996
  
• Agriculture Credit Act of 1987, as amended by the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
  
• The Grain Standards and Warehouse Improvement Act of 2000
  
• 7 C.F.R. sections 11.5 and 1900.55

Other Resources:

• USDA's Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center
  
• USDA's No Fear Act Site
  

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