§ 1601.0-4 - Responsibilities.

§ 1601.0-4 Responsibilities.

(a) The Secretary and the Director provide national National level policy and procedure guidance for planning . The Director determines the deciding official and the planning area for the preparation of resource management plans and plan amendments that cross State boundaries. For other resource management plans or plan amendments, the deciding official shall be the BLM State Director, unless otherwise determined by the shall be provided by the Secretary and the Director.

(b) Deciding officials State Directors will provide quality control and supervisory review, including plan approval, for the preparation and amendment of resource management plans and related environmental impact statements or environmental assessments. The deciding official determines the responsible official for the preparation of each resource management plan or plan amendment. The deciding official also determines the planning area for and provide additional guidance, as necessary, for use by Field Managers. State Directors will file draft and final environmental impact statements associated with resource management plans and plan amendments that do not cross State boundaries.

(c) Responsible officials Field Managers will prepare resource management plans and plan , amendments, revisions and related environmental impact statements or environmental assessments. . State Directors must approve these documents.

[48 FR 20368, May 5, 1983, as amended at 70 FR 14565, Mar. 23, 2005; 81 FR 89661, Dec. 12, 2016; 82 FR 60555, Dec. 21, 2017]