[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: 43CFR2420.2]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2420_MULTIPLE-USE MANAGEMENT CLASSIFICATIONS--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart 2420_Criteria for Multiple-Use Management Classifications

 

Sec.  2420.2  Criteria.



    Lands may be classified for retention under the Classification and 

Multiple Use Act of September 19, 1964 (78 Stat. 986, 43 U.S.C. 1411-

18), if they are not suitable for disposal under the criteria set forth 

in part 2430 and such classification will do one or more of the 

following:

    (a) Assist in effective and economical administration of the public 

lands in furtherance of the several objectives of such administration as 

expressed in the various public land laws.

    (b) Further the objectives of Federal natural resource legislation 

directed, among other things towards:

    (1) Stabilization and development of the livestock industry 

dependent upon Federal lands, such as sections 1 and 15 of the Taylor 

Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315 and 315m), and the Alaska Grazing Act (48 

U.S.C. 471-471o).

    (2) Provision or preservation of adequate areas of public hunting 

and fishing grounds and public access thereto, and maintenance of 

habitat and food supplies for the fish and wildlife dependent upon the 

public lands and maintained under Federal and State programs, such as 

section 9 of the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315h) and the Fish and 

Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661-666c).



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    (3) Fostering the economy of the nation by industrial and mineral 

development, such as through the materials sales and mineral leasing 

laws (Group 3000 of this chapter) and the rights-of-way laws (Group 2800 

of this chapter).

    (4) Realization of the beneficial utilization of the public lands 

through occupancy leases, such as under the Recreation and Public 

Purposes Act (43 U.S.C. 869-869-4) and the Small Tract Act (43 U.S.C. 

682a-682e).

    (5) Provision of needed recreation, conservation, and scenic areas 

and open space (42 U.S.C. 1500-1500e) and assurance of adequate outdoor 

recreation resources for present and future generations of Americans (16 

U.S.C. 460-1 et seq.).

    (6) Stabilization of the timber industry and dependent communities 

and sustained-yield production of timber and other forest products, such 

as the Materials Sales Act (30 U.S.C. 601-604), and, in connection with 

management of other Federal lands, the O and C Act (43 U.S.C. 1181a-

1181f, 1181g-1181j).

    (7) Protection of frail lands, conservation of productive soils and 

water supplies, and prevention of damage and loss due to excessive 

runoff, flooding, salination, and siltation, such as the Soil and 

Moisture Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.) and section 2 of the 

Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315a).

    (c) Preservation of public values that would be lost if the land 

passed from Federal ownership (43 U.S.C. 1411-1418) such as where

    (1) The lands are needed to protect or enhance established Federal 

programs, by such means as provision of buffer zones, control of access, 

maintenance of water supplies, reduction and prevention of water 

pollution, exclusion of nonconforming inholdings, maintenance of 

efficient management areas, provision of research areas, and maintenance 

of military areas or sites for other government activities.

    (2) The lands should be retained in Federal ownership pending 

enactment of Federal legislation, which would affect them.

    (3) The lands should be retained in Federal ownership pending their 

acquisition by a State or local government.

    (4) The lands are best suited for multiple use management and 

require management for a mixture of uses in order to best benefit the 

general public and such management could not be achieved if the lands 

were in private ownership.

    (5) The lands contain scientific, scenic, historic, or wilderness 

values which would be lost to the general public if they were 

transferred out of Federal ownership.

    (6) Transfer of the lands would be inconsistent with national 

objectives for the preservation of natural beauty of the country and the 

proper utilization of open space.



[35 FR 9561, June 13, 1970]