[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: 43CFR2420.2]

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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2420_MULTIPLE-USE MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart 2420_Criteria for Multiple-Use Management Classifications
 
Sec. 2420.2  Criteria.

    Lands may be classified for retention under the Classification and 
Multiple Use Act of September 19, 1964 (78 Stat. 986, 43 U.S.C. 1411-
18), if they are not suitable for disposal under the criteria set forth 
in part 2430 and such classification will do one or more of the 
following:
    (a) Assist in effective and economical administration of the public 
lands in furtherance of the several objectives of such administration as 
expressed in the various public land laws.
    (b) Further the objectives of Federal natural resource legislation 
directed, among other things towards:
    (1) Stabilization and development of the livestock industry 
dependent upon Federal lands, such as sections 1 and 15 of the Taylor 
Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 and 315m), and the Alaska Grazing Act (48 
U.S.C. 471-471o).
    (2) Provision or preservation of adequate areas of public hunting 
and fishing grounds and public access thereto, and maintenance of 
habitat and food supplies for the fish and wildlife dependent upon the 
public lands and maintained under Federal and State programs, such as 
section 9 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315h) and the Fish and 
Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666c).

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    (3) Fostering the economy of the nation by industrial and mineral 
development, such as through the materials sales and mineral leasing 
laws (Group 3000 of this chapter) and the rights-of-way laws (Group 2800 
of this chapter).
    (4) Realization of the beneficial utilization of the public lands 
through occupancy leases, such as under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869-869-4) and the Small Tract Act (43 U.S.C. 
682a-682e).
    (5) Provision of needed recreation, conservation, and scenic areas 
and open space (42 U.S.C. 1500-1500e) and assurance of adequate outdoor 
recreation resources for present and future generations of Americans (16 
U.S.C. 460-1 et seq.).
    (6) Stabilization of the timber industry and dependent communities 
and sustained-yield production of timber and other forest products, such 
as the Materials Sales Act (30 U.S.C. 601-604), and, in connection with 
management of other Federal lands, the O and C Act (43 U.S.C. 1181a-
1181f, 1181g-1181j).
    (7) Protection of frail lands, conservation of productive soils and 
water supplies, and prevention of damage and loss due to excessive 
runoff, flooding, salination, and siltation, such as the Soil and 
Moisture Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.) and section 2 of the 
Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315a).
    (c) Preservation of public values that would be lost if the land 
passed from Federal ownership (43 U.S.C. 1411-1418) such as where
    (1) The lands are needed to protect or enhance established Federal 
programs, by such means as provision of buffer zones, control of access, 
maintenance of water supplies, reduction and prevention of water 
pollution, exclusion of nonconforming inholdings, maintenance of 
efficient management areas, provision of research areas, and maintenance 
of military areas or sites for other government activities.
    (2) The lands should be retained in Federal ownership pending 
enactment of Federal legislation, which would affect them.
    (3) The lands should be retained in Federal ownership pending their 
acquisition by a State or local government.
    (4) The lands are best suited for multiple use management and 
require management for a mixture of uses in order to best benefit the 
general public and such management could not be achieved if the lands 
were in private ownership.
    (5) The lands contain scientific, scenic, historic, or wilderness 
values which would be lost to the general public if they were 
transferred out of Federal ownership.
    (6) Transfer of the lands would be inconsistent with national 
objectives for the preservation of natural beauty of the country and the 
proper utilization of open space.

[35 FR 9561, June 13, 1970]