[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR1610.4-1]

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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. 1610.4-1  Identification of issues.

    At the outset of the planning process, the public, other Federal 
agencies, State and local governments and Indian tribes shall be given 
an opportunity to suggest concerns, needs, and resource use, development 
and protection opportunities for consideration in the preparation of the 
resource management plan. The District and Area Manager shall analyze 
those suggestions, plus available district records of

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resource conditions, trends, needs and problems, and select topics and 
determine the issues to be addressed during the planning process. Issues 
may be modified during the planning process to incorporate new 
information. The identification of issues shall also comply with the 
scoping process required by regulations implementing the National 
Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 1501.7).