[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR1601.0-5]



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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 1601_Planning

 

Sec.  1601.0-5  Definitions.



    As used in this part, the term:

    (a) Areas of Critical Environmental Concern or ACEC means areas 

within the public lands where special management attention is required 

(when such areas are developed or used or where no development is 

required) to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important 

historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources, or 

other natural systems or processes, or to protect life and safety from 

natural hazards. The identification of a potential ACEC shall not, of 

itself, change or prevent change of the management or use of public 

lands.

    (b) Conformity or conformance means that a resource management 

action shall be specifically provided for in the plan, or if not 

specifically mentioned, shall be clearly consistent with the terms, 

conditions, and decisions of the approved plan or plan amendment.

    (c) Consistent means that the Bureau of Land Management plans will 

adhere to the terms, conditions, and decisions of officially approved 

and adopted resource related plans, or in their absence, with policies 

and programs, subject to the qualifications in Sec.  1615.2 of this 

title.

    (d) Eligible cooperating agency means:

    (1) A Federal agency other than a lead agency that is qualified to 

participate in the development of environmental impact statements as 

provided in 40 CFR 1501.6 and 1508.5 or, as necessary, other 

environmental documents that BLM prepares, by virtue of its jurisdiction 

by law as defined in 40 CFR 1508.15, or special expertise as defined in 

40 CFR 1508.26; or

    (2) A federally recognized Indian tribe, a state agency, or a local 

government agency with similar qualifications.

    (e) Cooperating agency means an eligible governmental entity that 

has entered into a written agreement with the BLM establishing 

cooperating agency status in the planning and NEPA processes. BLM and 

the cooperating agency will work together under the terms of the 

agreement. Cooperating agencies will participate in the various steps of 

BLM's planning process as feasible, given the constraints of their 

resources and expertise.

    (f) Field Manager means a BLM employee with the title ``Field 

Manager'' or ``District Manager.''

    (g) Guidance means any type of written communication or instruction 

that transmits objectives, goals, constraints, or any other direction 

that helps the Field Managers and staff know how to prepare a specific 

resource management plan.

    (h) Local government means any political subdivision of the State 

and any general purpose unit of local government with resource planning, 

resource management, zoning, or land use regulation authority.

    (i) Multiple use means the management of the public lands and their 

various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination 

that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people; 

making the most judicious use of the lands 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 lands for less than all 

of the resources; a combination of balanced and diverse resource uses 

that takes into account the long term needs of future generations for 

renewable and non-renewable resources, including, but not limited to, 

recreation, range, timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, and 

natural scenic, scientific and historical values; and harmonious and 

coordinated management of the various



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resources without permanent impairment of the productivity of the lands 

and the quality of the environment with consideration being given to the 

relative values of the resources and not necessarily to the combination 

of uses that will give the greatest economic return or the greatest unit 

output.

    (j) Officially approved and adopted resource related plans means 

plans, policies, programs and processes prepared and approved pursuant 

to and in accordance with authorization provided by Federal, State or 

local constitutions, legislation, or charters which have the force and 

effect of State law.

    (k) Public means affected or interested individuals, including 

consumer organizations, public land resource users, corporations and 

other business entities, environmental organizations and other special 

interest groups and officials of State, local, and Indian tribal 

governments.

    (l) Public lands means any lands or interest in lands owned by the 

United States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior through 

the Bureau of Land Management, except lands located on the Outer 

Continental Shelf and lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts and 

Eskimos.

    (m) Resource area or field office means a geographic portion of a 

Bureau of Land Management district. It is the administrative subdivision 

whose manager has primary responsibility for day-to-day resource 

management activities and resource use allocations and is, in most 

instances, the area for which resource management plans are prepared and 

maintained.

    (n) Resource management plan means a land use plan as described by 

the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. The resource management plan 

generally establishes in a written document:

    (1) Land areas for limited, restricted or exclusive use; 

designation, including ACEC designation; and transfer from Bureau of 

Land Management Administration;

    (2) Allowable resource uses (either singly or in combination) and 

related levels of production or use to be maintained;

    (3) Resource condition goals and objectives to be attained;

    (4) Program constraints and general management practices needed to 

achieve the above items;

    (5) Need for an area to be covered by more detailed and specific 

plans;

    (6) Support action, including such measures as resource protection, 

access development, realty action, cadastral survey, etc., as necessary 

to achieve the above;

    (7) General implementation sequences, where carrying out a planned 

action is dependent upon prior accomplishment of another planned action; 

and

    (8) Intervals and standards for monitoring and evaluating the plan 

to determine the effectiveness of the plan and the need for amendment or 

revision.



It is not a final implementation decision on actions which require 

further specific plans, process steps, or decisions under specific 

provisions of law and regulations.



[48 FR 20368, May 5, 1983, as amended at 70 FR 14565, 14567, Mar. 23, 

2005]