[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: 43CFR1610.1]

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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 1610--Resource Management Planning
 
Sec. 1610.1  Resource management planning guidance.


    (a) Guidance for preparation and amendment of resource management 
plans may be provided by the Director and State Director, as needed, to 
help the District and Area Manager and staff prepare a specific plan. 
Such guidance may include the following:
    (1) National level policy which has been established through 
legislation, regulations, executive orders or other Presidential, 
Secretarial or Director approved documents. This policy may include 
appropriately developed resource management commitments, suct as a 
right-of-way corridor crossing

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several resource areas, which are not required to be reexamined as part 
of the planning process.
    (2) Analysis requirements, planning procedures and other written 
information and instructions required to be considered in the planning 
process.
    (3) Guidance developed at the State Director level, with necessary 
and appropriate governmental coordination as prescribed by Sec. 1610.3 
of this title. Such guidance shall be reconsidered by the State Director 
at any time during the planning process that the State Director level 
guidance is found, through public involvement or other means, to be 
inappropriate when applied to a specific area being planned.
    (b) A resource management plan shall be prepared and maintained on a 
resource area basis, unless the State Director authorizes a more 
appropriate area.
    (c) An interdisciplinary approach shall be used in the preparation, 
amendment and revision of resource management plans as provided in 40 
CFR 1502.6. The disciplines of the preparers shall be appropriate to the 
values involved and the issues identified during the issue 
identification and environmental impact statement scoping stage of the 
planning process. The District or Area Manager may use any necessary 
combination of Bureau of Land Management staff, consultants, 
contractors, other governmental personnel, and advisors to achieve an 
interdisciplinary approach.