[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: 43CFR1610.7-1]



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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.  1610.7-1  Designation of areas unsuitable for surface mining.



    (a)(1) The planning process is the chief process by which public 

land is reviewed to assess whether there are areas unsuitable for all or 

certain types of surface coal mining operations under section 522(b) of 

the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. The unsuitability 

criteria to be applied during the planning process are found in Sec.  

3461.1 of this title.

    (2) When petitions to designate land unsuitable under section 522(c) 

of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act are referred to the 

Bureau of Land Management for comment, the resource management plan, or 

plan amendment if available, shall be the basis for review.

    (3) After a resource management plan or plan amendment is approved 

in which lands are assessed as unsuitable, the Field Manager shall take 

all necessary steps to implement the results of the unsuitability review 

as it applies to all or certain types of coal mining.

    (b)(1) The resource management planning process is the chief process 

by which public lands are reviewed for designation as unsuitable for 

entry or leasing for mining operations for minerals and materials other 

than coal under section 601 of the Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act.

    (2) When petitions to designate lands unsuitable under section 601 

of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act are received by the 

Bureau of Land Management, the resource management plan, if available, 

shall be the basis for determinations for designation.

    (3) After a resource management plan or plan amendment in which 

lands are designated unsuitable is approved, the Field Manager shall 

take all necessary steps to implement the results of the unsuitability 

review as it applies to minerals or materials other than coal.



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