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Show Summary ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN specific recommendations are set forth below, as they appear and as they are numbered consecutively beginning in Chapter 3 and concluding in Chapter 20.1 Not included here are (1) the basic principles set forth in A Program for the Future as underlying the detailed recommendations elsewhere in the Report, and (2) the unnumbered recommendations, which appear in italics within the various chapters subsidiary to the ones here set forth. Chapter Three (Planning Future Public Land Use): 1. Goals should be established by statute for a continuing, dynamic program of land use planning. These should include: Use of all public lands in a manner that will result in the maximum net public benefit. Disposal of those lands identified in land use plans as being able to maximize net public benefit only if they are transferred to private or state or local governmental ownership, as specified in other Commission recommendations. Management of primary use lands for secondary uses where they are compatible with the primary purpose for which the lands were designated. Management of all lands not having a statutory primary use for such uses as they are capable of sustaining. Disposition or retention and management of public lands in a manner that complements uses and patterns of use on other ownership in the locality and the region. Page 42. 2. Public land agencies should be required to plan land uses to obtain the greatest net public benefit. Congress should specify the factors to be considered by the agencies in making these determinations, and an analytical system should be developed for their application. Page 45. 3. Public lands should be classified for transfer from Federal ownership when net public benefits would be maximized by disposal. Page 48. 4. Management of public lands should recognize the highest and best use of particular areas of land as dominant over other authorized uses. Page 48. 1 There are no recommendations in Chapters One and Two. 5. All public land agencies should be required to formulate long range, comprehensive land use plans for each state or region, relating such plans not only to internal agency programs but also to land use plans and attendant management programs of other agencies. Specific findings should be provided in their plans, indicating how various factors were taken into account. Page 52. 6. As an essential first step to the planning system we recommend, Congress should provide for a careful review of (1) all Executive withdrawals and reservations, and (2) BLM retention and disposal classifications under the Classification and Multiple Use Act of 1964. Page 52. 7. Congress should provide authority to classify national forest and BLM lands, including the authority to suspend or limit the operation of any public land laws in specified areas. Withdrawal authority should no longer be used for such purpose. Page 53. 8. Large scale, limited or single use withdrawals of a permanent or indefinite term should be accomplished only by act of Congress. All other withdrawal authority should be expressly delegated with statutory guidelines to insure proper justification for proposed withdrawals, provide for public participation in their consideration, and establish criteria for executive action. Page 54. 9. Congress should establish a formal program by which withdrawals would be periodically reviewed and either rejustified or modified. Page 56. 10. All Executive withdrawal authority, without limitation, should be delegated to the Secretary of the Interior, subject to the continuing limitation of existing law that the Secretary cannot redelegate to anyone other than an official of the Department appointed by the President, thereby making the exercise of this authority wholly independent of public land management operating agency heads. Page 56. 11. Provision should be made for public participation in land use planning, including public hearings on proposed Federal land use plans, as an initial step in a regional coordination process. Page 57. 12. Land use planning among Federal agencies should be systematically coordinated. Page 60. 13. State and local governments should be given 9 |