[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: 43CFR1610.4-4]

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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. 1610.4-4  Analysis of the management situation.

    The District or Area Manager shall analyze the inventory data and 
other information available to determine the ability of the resource 
area to respond to identified issues and opportunities. The analysis of 
the management situation shall provide, consistent with multiple use 
principles, the basis for formulating reasonable alternatives, including 
the types of resources for development or protection. Factors to be 
considered may include, but are not limited to:
    (a) The types of resource use and protection authorized by the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act and other relevant legislation;
    (b) Opportunities to meet goals and objectives defined in national 
and State Director guidance;
    (c) Resource demand forecasts and analyses relevant to the resource 
area;
    (d) The estimated sustained levels of the various goods, services 
and uses that may be attained under existing biological and physical 
conditions and under differing management practices and degrees of 
management intensity which are economically viable under benefit cost or 
cost effectiveness standards prescribed in national or State Director 
guidance;
    (e) Specific requirements and constraints to achieve consistency 
with policies, plans and programs of other Federal agencies, State and 
local government agencies and Indian tribes;
    (f) Opportunities to resolve public issues and management concerns;
    (g) Degree of local dependence on resources from public lands;
    (h) The extent of coal lands which may be further considered under 
provisions of Sec. 3420.2-3(a) of this title; and
    (i) Critical threshold levels which should be considered in the 
formulation of planned alternatives.