43 U.S.C. § 1702 : US Code - Section 1702: Definitions

Search 43 U.S.C. § 1702 : US Code - Section 1702: Definitions

Without altering in any way the meaning of the following terms as
used in any other statute, whether or not such statute is referred
to in, or amended by, this Act, as used in this Act -
(a) The term "areas of critical environmental concern" means
areas within the public lands where special management attention is
required (when such areas are developed or used or where no
development is required) to protect and prevent irreparable damage
to important historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and
wildlife resources or other natural systems or processes, or to
protect life and safety from natural hazards.
(b) The term "holder" means any State or local governmental
entity, individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other
business entity receiving or using a right-of-way under subchapter
V of this chapter.
(c) The term "multiple use" means the management of the public
lands and their various resource values so that they are utilized
in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs
of the American people; making 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; a combination
of balanced and diverse resource uses that takes into account the
long-term needs of future generations for renewable and
nonrenewable resources, including, but not limited to, recreation,
range, timber, minerals, watershed, wildlife and fish, and natural
scenic, scientific and historical values; and harmonious and
coordinated management of the various resources without permanent
impairment of the productivity of the land and the quality of the
environment with consideration being given to the relative values
of the resources and not necessarily to the combination of uses
that will give the greatest economic return or the greatest unit
output.
(d) The term "public involvement" means the opportunity for
participation by affected citizens in rulemaking, decisionmaking,
and planning with respect to the public lands, including public
meetings or hearings held at locations near the affected lands, or
advisory mechanisms, or such other procedures as may be necessary
to provide public comment in a particular instance.
(e) The term "public lands" means any land and interest in land
owned by the United States within the several States and
administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of
Land Management, without regard to how the United States acquired
ownership, except -
(1) lands located on the Outer Continental Shelf; and
(2) lands held for the benefit of Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos.
(f) The term "right-of-way" includes an easement, lease, permit,
or license to occupy, use, or traverse public lands granted for the
purpose listed in subchapter V of this chapter.
(g) The term "Secretary", unless specifically designated
otherwise, means the Secretary of the Interior.
(h) The term "sustained yield" means the achievement and
maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular
periodic output of the various renewable resources of the public
lands consistent with multiple use.
(i) The term "wilderness" as used in section 1782 of this title
shall have the same meaning as it does in section 1131(c) of title
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(j) The term "withdrawal" means withholding an area of Federal
land from settlement, sale, location, or entry, under some or all
of the general land laws, for the purpose of limiting activities
under those laws in order to maintain other public values in the
area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or
program; or transferring jurisdiction over an area of Federal land,
other than "property" governed by the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 472) (!1) from
one department, bureau or agency to another department, bureau or
agency.
(k) An "allotment management plan" means a document prepared in
consultation with the lessees or permittees involved, which applies
to livestock operations on the public lands or on lands within
National Forests in the eleven contiguous Western States and which:
(1) prescribes the manner in, and extent to, which livestock
operations will be conducted in order to meet the multiple-use,
sustained-yield, economic and other needs and objectives as
determined for the lands by the Secretary concerned; and
(2) describes the type, location, ownership, and general
specifications for the range improvements to be installed and
maintained on the lands to meet the livestock grazing and other
objectives of land management; and
(3) contains such other provisions relating to livestock
grazing and other objectives found by the Secretary concerned to
be consistent with the provisions of this Act and other
applicable law.
(l) The term "principal or major uses" includes, and is limited
to, domestic livestock grazing, fish and wildlife development and
utilization, mineral exploration and production, rights-of-way,
outdoor recreation, and timber production.
(m) The term "department" means a unit of the executive branch of
the Federal Government which is headed by a member of the
President's Cabinet and the term "agency" means a unit of the
executive branch of the Federal Government which is not under the
jurisdiction of a head of a department.
(n) The term "Bureau means the Bureau of Land Management.
(o) The term "eleven contiguous Western States" means the States
of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) The term "grazing permit and lease" means any document
authorizing use of public lands or lands in National Forests in the
eleven contiguous western States for the purpose of grazing
domestic livestock.