[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: 43CFR1610.7-2]



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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.  1610.7-2  Designation of areas of critical environmental concern.



    Areas having potential for Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 

(ACEC) designation and protection management shall be identified and 

considered throughout the resource management planning process (see 

Sec.  Sec.  1610.4-1 through 1610.4-9).

    (a) The inventory data shall be analyzed to determine whether there 

are areas containing resources, values, systems or processes or hazards 

eligible for further consideration for designation as an ACEC. In order 

to be a potential ACEC, both of the following criteria shall be met:

    (1) Relevance. There shall be present a significant historic, 

cultural, or scenic value; a fish or wildlife resource or



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other natural system or process; or natural hazard.

    (2) Importance. The above described value, resource, system, 

process, or hazard shall have substantial significance and values. This 

generally requires qualities of more than local significance and special 

worth, consequence, meaning, distinctiveness, or cause for concern. A 

natural hazard can be important if it is a significant threat to human 

life or property.

    (b) The State Director, upon approval of a draft resource management 

plan, plan revision, or plan amendment involving ACECs, shall publish a 

notice in the Federal Register listing each ACEC proposed and specifying 

the resource use limitations, if any, which would occur if it were 

formally designated. The notice shall provide a 60-day period for public 

comment on the proposed ACEC designation. The approval of a resource 

management plan, plan revision, or plan amendment constitutes formal 

designation of any ACEC involved. The approved plan shall include the 

general management practices and uses, including mitigating measures, 

identified to protect designated ACEC.