[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: 43CFR2710.0-5]



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                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

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

 

PART 2710_SALES: FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart 2710_Sales: General Provisions

 

Sec.  2710.0-5  Definitions.



    As used in this part, the term

    (a) Public lands means any lands and interest in lands owned by the 

United States and administered by the Secretary through the Bureau of 

Land Management except:

    (1) Lands located on the Outer Continental Shelf;

    (2) Lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos.

    (b) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior.

    (c) Authorized officer means any employee of the Bureau of Land 

Management who has been delegated the authority to perform the duties 

described in this part.

    (d) Act means the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 

U.S.C. 1701).

    (e) Family sized farm means the unit of public lands determined to 

be chiefly valuable for agriculture, and that is of sufficient size, 

based on land use capabilities, development requirements and economic 

capability, to provide a level of net income, after payment of expenses 

and taxes, which will sustain a family sized agribusiness operation 

above the poverty level for a rural farm family of 4 as determined by 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, for the 

calender year immediately preceeding the year of the proposed sale under 

the regulations of this part. The determination of the practical size is 

an economic decision to be made on a local area basis considering, but 

not limited to, factors such as: Climatic conditions, soil character, 

availability of irrigation water, topography, usual crop(s) of the 

locale, marketability of the crop(s), production and development costs, 

and other physical characteristics which shall give reasonable assurance 

of continued production under proper conservation management.