Office duties relating to plans for the management of federal land.
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(a) In preparing or assisting in the preparation of plans, policies, programs, or processes related to the management or use of federal land or natural resources on federal land in the state, the office shall:
(i) incorporate the plans, policies, programs, processes, and desired outcomes of the counties where the federal lands or natural resources are located, to the maximum extent consistent with state and federal law, subject to Subsection (1)(b);
(ii) identify inconsistencies or conflicts between the plans, policies, programs, processes, and desired outcomes prepared under Subsection (1)(a)(i) and the plans, programs, processes, and desired outcomes of local government as early in the preparation process as possible, and seek resolution of the inconsistencies through meetings or other conflict resolution mechanisms involving the necessary and immediate parties to the inconsistency or conflict;
(iii) present to the governor the nature and scope of any inconsistency or other conflict that is not resolved under the procedures in Subsection (1)(a)(i) for the governor's decision about the position of the state concerning the inconsistency or conflict;
(iv) develop, research, and use factual information, legal analysis, and statements of desired future condition for the state, or subregion of the state, as necessary to support the plans, policies, programs, processes, and desired outcomes of the state and the counties where the federal lands or natural resources are located;
(v) establish and coordinate agreements between the state and federal land management agencies, federal natural resource management agencies, and federal natural resource regulatory agencies to facilitate state and local participation in the development, revision, and implementation of land use plans, guidelines, regulations, other instructional memoranda, or similar documents proposed or promulgated for lands and natural resources administered by federal agencies; and
(vi) work in conjunction with political subdivisions to establish agreements with federal land management agencies, federal natural resource management agencies, and federal natural resource regulatory agencies to provide a process for state and local participation in the preparation of, or coordinated state and local response to, environmental impact analysis documents and similar documents prepared pursuant to law by state or federal agencies.
(b) The requirement in Subsection (1)(a)(i) may not be interpreted to infringe upon the authority of the governor.
(2) The office shall cooperate with and work in conjunction with appropriate state agencies and political subdivisions to develop policies, plans, programs, processes, and desired outcomes authorized by this section by coordinating the development of positions:
(a) through the coordinating committee;
(b) in conjunction with local government officials concerning general local government plans; and
(c) by soliciting public comment through the coordinating committee.