[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: 43CFR2400.0-5]



[Page 94-95]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 2400_LAND CLASSIFICATION--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart 2400_Land Classification; General

 

Sec.  2400.0-5  Definitions.



    As used in the regulations of this group--

    (a) Residential refers to single or multi-family dwellings or 

combinations thereof, and related community



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facilities, both seasonal and year-round.

    (b) Commercial refers to the sale, exchange, or distribution of 

goods and services.

    (c) Industrial refers to the manufacture, processing, and testing of 

goods and materials, including the production of power. It does not 

refer to the growing of agricultural crops, or the raising of livestock, 

or the extraction or severance of raw materials from the land being 

classified, but it does include activities incidental thereto.

    (d) Agricultural refers to the growing of cultivated crops.

    (e) Community refers to a village, town or city, or similar 

subdivision of a State, whether or not incorporated.

    (f) Domestic livestock refers to cattle, horses, sheep, goats and 

other grazing animals owned by livestock operators, provided such 

operators meet the qualification set forth in Sec.  4111.1-1 or Sec.  

4131.1-3 of this chapter. This definition includes animals raised for 

commercial purposes and also domestic livestock within the meaning of 

Sec.  4111.3-1(d)(1) of this chapter.

    (g) Fish and wildlife refers to game, fish and other wild animals 

native or adaptable to the public lands and waters.

    (h) Mineral refers to any substance that (1) is recognized as 

mineral, according to its chemical composition, by the standard 

authorities on the subject, or (2) is classified as mineral product in 

trade or commerce, or (3) possesses economic value for use in trade, 

manufacture, the sciences, or in the mechanical or ornamental arts.

    (i) Occupancy refers to use of lands as a site for any type of 

useful structure whatsoever.

    (j) Outdoor recreation includes, but is not limited to, hunting, 

fishing, trapping, photography, horseback riding, picnicking, hiking, 

camping, swimming, boating, rock and mineral collecting, sightseeing, 

mountain climbing, and skiing.

    (k) Timber production refers to the growth of trees in forests and 

woodlands.

    (l) Watershed protection refers to maintenance of the stability of 

soil and soil cover and the control of the natural flow of water.

    (m) Wilderness refers to areas in a native condition or reverted to 

a native condition, substantially free of man-made structures and human 

habitation.

    (n) Public value refers to an asset held by, or a service performed 

for, or a benefit accruing to the people at large.

    (o) Multiple use means the management of the various surface and 

subsurface resources so that they are utilized in the combination that 

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

most judicious use of the land 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 land for less than all of the resources; and 

harmonious and coordinated management of the various resources, each 

with the other, without impairment of the productivity of the land, with 

consideration being given to the relative values of the various 

resources, and not necessarily the combination of uses that will give 

the greatest dollar return or the greatest unit output.

    (p) Sustained yield of the several products and services means the 

achievement and maintenance of a high-level annual or regular periodic 

output of the various renewable resources of land without impairment of 

the productivity of the land.