[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: 43CFR2710.0-5]

[Page 213]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2710_SALES: FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 2710_Sales: General Provisions
 
Sec. 2710.0-5  Definitions.

    As used in this part, the term
    (a) Public lands means any lands and interest in lands owned by the 
United States and administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of 
Land Management except:
    (1) Lands located on the Outer Continental Shelf;
    (2) Lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos.
    (b) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.
    (c) Authorized officer means any employee of the Bureau of Land 
Management who has been delegated the authority to perform the duties 
described in this part.
    (d) Act means the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 
U.S.C. 1701).
    (e) Family sized farm means the unit of public lands determined to 
be chiefly valuable for agriculture, and that is of sufficient size, 
based on land use capabilities, development requirements and economic 
capability, to provide a level of net income, after payment of expenses 
and taxes, which will sustain a family sized agribusiness operation 
above the poverty level for a rural farm family of 4 as determined by 
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, for the 
calender year immediately preceeding the year of the proposed sale under 
the regulations of this part. The determination of the practical size is 
an economic decision to be made on a local area basis considering, but 
not limited to, factors such as: Climatic conditions, soil character, 
availability of irrigation water, topography, usual crop(s) of the 
locale, marketability of the crop(s), production and development costs, 
and other physical characteristics which shall give reasonable assurance 
of continued production under proper conservation management.