[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: 43CFR2400.0-5]

[Page 98-99]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2400_LAND CLASSIFICATION--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart 2400_Land Classification; General
 
Sec. 2400.0-5  Definitions.

    As used in the regulations of this group--
    (a) Residential refers to single or multi-family dwellings or 
combinations thereof, and related community facilities, both seasonal 
and year-round.

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    (b) Commercial refers to the sale, exchange, or distribution of 
goods and services.
    (c) Industrial refers to the manufacture, processing, and testing of 
goods and materials, including the production of power. It does not 
refer to the growing of agricultural crops, or the raising of livestock, 
or the extraction or severance of raw materials from the land being 
classified, but it does include activities incidental thereto.
    (d) Agricultural refers to the growing of cultivated crops.
    (e) Community refers to a village, town or city, or similar 
subdivision of a State, whether or not incorporated.
    (f) Domestic livestock refers to cattle, horses, sheep, goats and 
other grazing animals owned by livestock operators, provided such 
operators meet the qualification set forth in Sec. 4111.1-1 or Sec. 
4131.1-3 of this chapter. This definition includes animals raised for 
commercial purposes and also domestic livestock within the meaning of 
Sec. 4111.3-1(d)(1) of this chapter.
    (g) Fish and wildlife refers to game, fish and other wild animals 
native or adaptable to the public lands and waters.
    (h) Mineral refers to any substance that (1) is recognized as 
mineral, according to its chemical composition, by the standard 
authorities on the subject, or (2) is classified as mineral product in 
trade or commerce, or (3) possesses economic value for use in trade, 
manufacture, the sciences, or in the mechanical or ornamental arts.
    (i) Occupancy refers to use of lands as a site for any type of 
useful structure whatsoever.
    (j) Outdoor recreation includes, but is not limited to, hunting, 
fishing, trapping, photography, horseback riding, picnicking, hiking, 
camping, swimming, boating, rock and mineral collecting, sightseeing, 
mountain climbing, and skiing.
    (k) Timber production refers to the growth of trees in forests and 
woodlands.
    (l) Watershed protection refers to maintenance of the stability of 
soil and soil cover and the control of the natural flow of water.
    (m) Wilderness refers to areas in a native condition or reverted to 
a native condition, substantially free of man-made structures and human 
habitation.
    (n) Public value refers to an asset held by, or a service performed 
for, or a benefit accruing to the people at large.
    (o) Multiple use means the management of the various surface and 
subsurface resources so that they are utilized in the combination that 
will best meet the present and future needs of the American people; the 
most judicious use of the land 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 land for less than all of the resources; and 
harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources, each 
with the other, without impairment of the productivity of the land, with 
consideration being given to the relative values of the various 
resources, and not necessarily the combination of uses that will give 
the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output.
    (p) Sustained yield of the several products and services means the 
achievement and maintenance of a high-level annual or regular periodic 
output of the various renewable resources of land without impairment of 
the productivity of the land.