[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: 43CFR1610.4-5]



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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 1610_Resource Management Planning

 

Sec.  1610.4-5  Formulation of alternatives.



    At the direction of the Field Manager, in collaboration with any 

cooperating agencies, BLM will consider all reasonable resource 

management alternatives and develop several complete alternatives for 

detailed study. Nonetheless, the decision to designate alternatives for 

further development and analysis remains the exclusive responsibility of 

the BLM. The alternatives developed shall reflect the variety of issues 

and guidance applicable to the resource uses. In order to limit the 

total number of alternatives analyzed in detail to a manageable number 

for presentation and analysis, all reasonable variations shall be 

treated as subalternatives. One alternative shall be for no action, 

which means continuation of present level or systems of resource use. 

The plan shall note any alternatives identified and eliminated from 

detailed study and shall briefly discuss the reasons for their 

elimination.



[48 FR 20368, May 5, 1983, as amended at 70 FR 14567, Mar. 23, 2005]