[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: 43CFR2806.2]

[Page 253]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2800_RIGHTS-OF-WAY, PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart 2806_Designation of Right-of-Way Corridors
 
Sec. 2806.2  Designation criteria.

    The locations and boundary of designated right-of-way corridors 
shall be determined by the authorized officer after a thorough review 
of:
    (a) Federal, State and local land-use plans and applicable Federal 
and State laws.
    (b) Environmental impacts on natural resources including soil, air, 
water, fish, wildlife, vegetation and on cultural resources.
    (c) Physical effects and constraints on corridor placement or 
rights-of-way placed therein due to geology, hydrology, meteorology, 
soil or land forms.
    (d) Economic efficiency of placing a right-of-way within a corridor, 
taking into consideration costs of construction, operation and 
maintenance, and costs of modifying or relocating existing facilities in 
a proposed corridor.
    (e) National security risks.
    (f) Potential health and safety hazards to the public lands users 
and the general public due to materials or activities within the right-
of-way corridor.
    (g) Engineering and technological compatibility of proposed and 
existing facilities.
    (h) Social and economic impacts of the facilities on public lands 
users, adjacent landowners and other groups or individuals.

[45 FR 44526, July 1, 1980, as amended at 47 FR 38806, Sept. 2, 1982]