FSH 2709.12 - ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY GRANTS HANDBOOK
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05 - DEFINITIONS

    1.  ANILCA.  The acronym for the Alaska National Interest 
Land Conservation Act of December 20, 1980 (94 Stat. 2371; 16 
U.S.C. 3101) that is used in this handbook to identify the act 
and authorizations made under this authority.

    2.  Area of Surface Use or Area of Operation.  Terms used in 
the various Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 
(formerly Minerals Management Service) cooperative agreements.  
They are the immediate area within the lease, permit, or licenses 
on which drilling, mining, and related mineral development 
activities occur, including necessary related storage or 
processing facilities.  These initials ASU and AO are often used 
in correspondence or conversations to refer to these areas.

    3.  Agreement Area.  That area included in a formal Road 
Right-of-Way Construction and Use Agreement (FSM 5460).

    4.  Cooperator

        a.  A private signatory party to a Road Right-of-Way 
        Construction and Use Agreement (FSM 5460).

        b.  A forest landowner who:

        (1)  Has or will have, as part of the application, 
        granted easements to the Forest Service in the same 
        Region.

        (2)  Has or will share in the cost of the road or road 
        system that includes the segments referred to in the 
        application.

        (3)  Needs the road for which application is made to 
        harvest timber from lands owned by the applicant and, at 
        the same time, needs to provide for long-term protection, 
        management, and utilization of the timber resources 
        thereon.

    5.  Easement.  A special-use authorization for a right-of-way 
that conveys a conditioned interest in National Forest System 
land.

    6.  FLPMA.  The acronym for the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of October 21, 1976 (90 Stat. 2743, 43 U.S.C. 
1715) that is used in this handbook to identify the act and 
authorizations made under this authority.

    7.  FRTA.  The acronym for the Forest Road and Trail Act of 
October 13, 1964 (78 Stat. 1089; 16 U.S.C. 533) that is used in 
this handbook to identify the act and authorizations made under 
this authority.

    8.  Natural Resource Production.  Any commercial production 
or utilization of any product of the land, including minerals 
extracted therefrom.

    9.  Permit.  A special-use authorization that provides 
permission, without conveying an interest in land, to occupy and 
use National Forest System land or facilities for specified 
purposes.  It is both revocable and terminable.

    10.  Right-of-Way

        a.  Land authorized to be used or occupied for the 
        construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of 
        a project or facility passing over, upon, under, or 
        through such land.

        b.  The privilege which one person, or persons 
        particularly described, may have of passing over the land 
        of another in some particular line.

    11.  Special-use Authorization.  A permit, term permit, 
lease, or easement that allows occupancy, use, rights, or 
privileges on National Forest System land.

    12.  Subdivision.  Any platted subdivision, lot splitting, 
condominium, leasing, or rental arrangement with the purpose of 
increasing residential density for either full-time or part-time 
residents.