CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior > PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES > SUBPART E—Special Rules Applicable to Public Land Hearings and Appeals (§4.400 to §4.480) > 4.421—Definitions.

4.421—Definitions.

As used in this subpart:
(a) Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior or his authorized representatives.
(b) Director means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the Associate Director or an Assistant Director.
(c) Bureau or BLM means the Bureau of Land Management.
(d) Board means the Board of Land Appeals in the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Office of the Secretary. The terms “office” or “officer” as used in this subpart include “Board” where the context requires.
(e) Administrative law judge means an administrative law judge in the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Office of the Secretary, appointed under section 3105 of title 5 of the United States Code.
(f) State Director means the supervising Bureau of Land Management officer for the State in which the particular range lies, or his authorized agent.
(g) District manager means the supervising Bureau of Land Management officer of the grazing district in which the particular range lies, or his authorized agent.
(h) Person named in the decision means any of the following persons identified in a final BLM grazing decision: an affected applicant, permittee, lessee, or agent or lienholder of record, or an interested public as defined in § 4100.0-5 of this title.
[36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, as amended at 36 FR 15117, Aug. 13, 1971; 68 FR 68770, Dec. 10, 2003]