Utah Code 63J-8-103. State participation in managing public lands
In view of the requirement in FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. § 1712, that BLM must work through a planning process that is coordinated with other federal, state, and local planning efforts before making decisions about the present and future uses of public lands, the requirement in FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. § 1714 that BLM may not withdraw or otherwise designate BLM lands for specific purposes without congressional approval, and the requirement in the Forest Service Multiple-Use Sustained Yield Act of 1960, 16 U.S.C. § 528, that lands within the national forests be managed according to the principles of multiple use, and in view of the right which FLPMA, the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq. and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2, give to state and local governments to participate in all BLM and Forest Service efforts to plan for the responsible use of BLM and Forest Service lands and the requirement that BLM and the Forest Service coordinate planning efforts with those of state and local government, the state adopts the following policy for the management of the subject lands:
Terms Used In Utah Code 63J-8-103
- BLM: means the United States Bureau of Land Management. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
- FLPMA: means the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, Utah Code 63J-8-102
- Forest Service: means the United States Forest Service within the United States Department of Agriculture. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Multiple use: means proper stewardship of the subject lands pursuant to Section 103(c) of FLPMA, Utah Code 63J-8-102
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Subject lands: means the following non-WSA BLM lands:(21)(a)(i) in Beaver County:(21)(a)(i)(A) Mountain Home Range South, Jackson Wash, The Toad, North Wah Wah Mountains, Central Wah Wah Mountains, and San Francisco Mountains according to the region map entitled "Great Basin Central" linked in the webpage entitled "Citizen's Proposal for Wilderness in Utah" at http://www. See Utah Code 63J-8-102
- Wilderness: means the same as that term is defined in Utah Code 63J-8-102