[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: 43CFR1610.8]

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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. 1610.8  Transition period.

    (a) Until superseded by resource management plans, management 
framework plans may be the basis for considering proposed actions as 
follows:
    (1) The management framework plan shall be in compliance with the 
principle of multiple use and sustained yield and shall have been 
developed with public participation and governmental coordination, but 
not necessarily precisely as prescribed in Secs. 1610.2 and 1610.3 of 
this title.
    (2) No sooner than 30 days after the Environmental Protection Agency 
publishes a notice of the filing of a final court-ordered environmental 
impact statement--which is based on a management framework plan--
proposed actions may be initiated without any further analysis or 
processes included in this subpart.
    (3) For proposed actions other than those described in paragraph 
(a)(2) of this section, determination shall be made by the District or 
Area Manager whether the proposed action is in conformance with the 
management framework plan. Such determination shall be in writing and 
shall explain the reasons for the determination.
    (i) If the proposed action is in conformance, it may be further 
considered for decision under procedures applicable to that type of 
action, including requirements of regulations for implementing the 
procedural provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act in 40 CFR 
parts 1500-1508.
    (ii) If the proposed action is not in conformance with the 
management framework plan, and if the proposed action warrants further 
favorable consideration before a resource management plan is scheduled 
for preparation, such consideration shall be through a management 
framework plan amendment using the provisions of Sec. 1610.5-5 of this 
title.
    (b)(1) If an action is proposed where public lands are not covered 
by a management framework plan or a resource management plan, an 
environmental assessment and an environmental impact statement, if 
necessary, plus any other data and analysis necessary to make an 
informed decision, shall be used to assess the impacts of the proposal 
and to provide a basis for a decision on the proposal.
    (2) A land disposal action may be considered before a resource 
management plan is scheduled for preparation, through a planning 
analysis, using the process described in Sec. 1610.5-5 of this title for 
amending a plan.