[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1601.0-5]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 1600--PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, BUDGETING--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart 1601--Planning
 
Sec. 1601.0-5  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term:
    (a) Areas of Critical Environmental Concern or ACEC means areas 
within the public lands where special management attention is required 
(when such areas are developed or used or where no development is 
required) to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important 
historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources, or 
other natural systems or processes, or to protect life and safety from 
natural hazards. The identification of a potential ACEC shall not, of 
itself, change or prevent change of the management or use of public 
lands.
    (b) Conformity or conformance means that a resource management 
action shall be specifically provided for in the plan, or if not 
specifically mentioned, shall be clearly consistent with the terms, 
conditions, and decisions of the approved plan or plan amendment.
    (c) Consistent means that the Bureau of Land Management plans will 
adhere to the terms, conditions, and decisions of officially approved 
and adopted resource related plans, or in their absence, with policies 
and programs, subject to the qualifications in Sec. 1615.2 of this 
title.
    (d) Guidance means any type of written communication or instruction 
that transmits objectives, goals, constraints, or any other direction 
that helps the District and Area Managers and staff know how to prepare 
a specific resource management plan.
    (e) Local government means any political subdivision of the State 
and any general purpose unit of local government with resource planning, 
resource management, zoning, or land use regulation authority.
    (f) Multiple use means the management of the public lands and their 
various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination 
that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people; 
making the most judicious use of the lands for some or all of these 
resources or related services over areas large enough to provide 
sufficient latitude for periodic adjustments in use to conform to 
changing needs and conditions; the use of some lands for less than all 
of the resources; a combination of balanced and diverse resource uses 
that takes into account the long term needs of future generations for 
renewable and non-renewable resources, including, but not limited to, 
recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, and 
natural scenic, scientific and historical values; and harmonious and 
coordinated management of the various resources without permanent 
impairment of the productivity of the lands and the quality of the 
environment with consideration being given to the relative values of the 
resources and not necessarily to the combination of uses that will give 
the greatest economic return or the greatest unit output.
    (g) Officially approved and adopted resource related plans means 
plans, policies, programs and processes prepared and approved pursuant 
to and in accordance with authorization provided by Federal, State or 
local constitutions, legislation, or charters which have the force and 
effect of State law.
    (h) Public means affected or interested individuals, including 
consumer organizations, public land resource users, corporations and 
other business entities, environmental organizations and other special 
interest groups and officials of State, local, and Indian tribal 
governments.

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    (i) Public lands means any lands or interest in lands owned by the 
United States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior through 
the Bureau of Land Management, except lands located on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts and 
Eskimos.
    (j) Resource area means a geographic portion of a Bureau of Land 
Management district. It is the administrative subdivision whose manager 
has primary responsibility for day-to-day resource management activities 
and resource use allocations and is, in most instances, the area for 
which resource management plans are prepared and maintained.
    (k) Resource management plan means a land use plan as described by 
the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. The resource management plan 
generally establishes in a written document:
    (1) Land areas for limited, restricted or exclusive use; 
designation, including ACEC designation; and transfer from Bureau of 
Land Management Administration;
    (2) Allowable resource uses (either singly or in combination) and 
related levels of production or use to be maintained;
    (3) Resource condition goals and objectives to be attained;
    (4) Program constraints and general management practices needed to 
achieve the above items;
    (5) Need for an area to be covered by more detailed and specific 
plans;
    (6) Support action, including such measures as resource protection, 
access development, realty action, cadastral survey, etc., as necessary 
to achieve the above;
    (7) General implementation sequences, where carrying out a planned 
action is dependent upon prior accomplishment of another planned action; 
and
    (8) Intervals and standards for monitoring and evaluating the plan 
to determine the effectiveness of the plan and the need for amendment or 
revision.

It is not a final implementation decision on actions which require 
further specific plans, process steps, or decisions under specific 
provisions of law and regulations.