Rule or Directives: ACTION CODES
PROCESSES
PRCSS 10000-19999
10000 – Decisionmaking Process and Methods
10100 – Role/Authority
10200 – Coordination and Consultation with States/Other Agencies
10300 – Coordination and Consultation with Tribes
10400 – Consistency with Other Actions/Agencies
10500 – Influences on Decisionmaking
11000 – Decisionmaking Philosophy (How, not what, to decide)
11100 – Multiple Use Management Emphasis
11200 – Preservation (Hands Off Management)
11300 – Adaptive Management Emphasis
12000 – Public Involvement
12100 – Agency Communication
12110 – Adequacy/Availability of Information
12120 – Public Meetings/Hearings
12130 – Outreach/Education
12220 – Collaboration
12300 – Adequacy of Comment Period
12400 – Objections, appeals, litigation
13000 – Use of Science; Best Avail. Science
13100 – Adequacy of Analysis (General, Multiple)
(code analysis of a specific resource to that resource)
14000 – Agency Organization, Funding and Staffing
14100 – Funding, General
14120 – Funding to Implement Proposed Action
14130 – Fees
14200 – Staffing General
14210 – Staff Training, Education
14220 – Volunteers
15000 – Relation to or Consistency with Federal Laws, Policies,
Regulations, Plans and Directives General
Proposed Rule or Policy
POLCY 20000-24999
21000 – Need for an EIS, EA
22000 – Alternatives for Achieving Desired Outcome
23000 – Document(s) General (proposed rule/policy text)
Definitions, Clarity
Technical and Editorial (spelling, grammar, internal consistency)
Natural Resources Management
NRMGT 30000-39999
30000 – Area Management General/Multiple (incl. general
eco/enviro/resources. (Protect, Save, Don’t Destroy, etc. when
lacking a more specific mgmt. recommendation)
30100 – Analysis (natural resource)
30110 – Monitoring
30120 – Inventories, Mapping, GIS
30130 – Cumulative Effects/Combined Effects
30200 – Enforcement (Law/Policy Enforcement)
31000 – Physical Elements
31100 – Water/Watershed Management
31120 – Buffers, Riparian
31130 – Dams and river/stream flow
31200 – Soils Management
31210 – Slope Stability Design
31220 – Erosion Control
31300 – Visual Resources Management
32000 – Biological Elements General
32100 – Ecosystem Function
32200 – Invasive/Non-native Species
32300 – Specially Listed Species
32400 – Species Viability
33000 – Wildlife/Animals Management
33100 – Breeding Programs, Stocking, Reintroductions
33200 – Harvest Levels and Methods
33300 – Wildlife Structures (guzzlers, waterholes, barriers)
34000 – Vegetation Management General
34100 – Pesticides and Herbicides
34200 – Cultivation
34300 – Habitat Improvement
34500 – Timber Resource Management
34510 – Suitability Determinations
34520 – Allowable Sale Quantity (ASQ)
34530 – Harvest Levels (Actual)
34540 – Harvest Methods (Salvage, Select, Mech.)
34550 – Restoration
34560 – Firewood
34570 – Christmas Trees
34580 – Alternatives to Wood Products
34600 – Fire and Fuels Management
34610 – Wildland Fires General
34611 – Fire Use
34620 – Role of Fire in Ecosystems
34630 – Unit Fire Plans
34640 – Fuels Reduction
34650 – Smoke Management
35000 – Domestic Livestock Management
35100 – Grazing Management
35200 – Fences and other structures
36000 – Mining and Mineral Exploration
36100 – Locatable (minerals, metals)
36200 – Leasable (oil, gas)
36300 – Processes, Methods, Waste Treatment/Disposal
36400 – Land Restoration, Reclamation, Bonding
36500 – Energy Resources/ Alternative Energy Development
37000 – Other Activities Mgmt (Multiple, Special Uses)
37010 – Permitting (except recreation permits)
37020 – Valid Existing Rights
37030 – Subsidies, Commodity Valuations, or Valuation
Methods
37100 – Special Forest Products Collection
(mushrooms, berries, pine nuts, etc.)
37200 – Heritage Resources Management
37300 – Communication Sites and Facilities
37400 – Utility Corridors
37500 – Research
37510 – Facilities
37520 – Projects
37600 – Military Operations
Transportation System Management
TRANS 40000-44999
40000 –Transportation System Mgmt (and general access, multiple or if
no other topic specified)
40100 – Rights-Of-Way
40200 – Non-System and User-Created Roads/Trails
40220 – Roads Analysis (Designations, Mapping, Inventory)
41000 – Roads Management General
41100 – Road Construction, Reconstruction
41200 – Road Maintenance
41300 – Road Removal/Decommissioning
42000 – Trails Management General
42100 – Trails Construction, Reconstruction
42200 – Trails Maintenance
42300 – Trails Removal/Decommissioning
43000 – Road/Trail Structures: Bridges/Culverts/Streamcrossings/Gates/Safety-barriers/Signs/Etc.
Recreation Management
RECRE 50000-59999
50000 – Recreation Management, General/Multiple
51000 – Recreation Opportunity Spectrum (incl. designate more of this,
less of that, group size, etc.)
52000 – Recreational Access General
52100 – Open/Close Roads/Trails/Areas
52110 – Seasonal Closures
52120 – Open/Closed Unless Posted
53000 – Developed Recreation/Rec Facilities
53100 – Campgrounds/Picnic Areas
53200 – Boat Ramps
53300 – Restrooms
54000 – Dispersed Recreation Management
54100 – Motorboats, personal watercraft
54200 – Mechanized Recreation (Bicycling)
54300 – Hiking, Backpacking
54400 – Hunting/Shooting
54500 – Fishing
54600 – Dispersed Camping
54700 – Equestrian/Pack Animals (Burros, Llamas)
54800 – Canoeing, kayaking, swimming
55000 – Trailheads, Signs, Parking
56000 – Fee Demonstration Project/User Fees
57000 – Recreation Permitting
57100 – Commercial (outfitter/guide, ski resort)
57200 – Non-commercial (wilderness, rec cabins)
58000 – User Education, General/Multiple
58100 – Environmental Education Programs
Lands and Special Designations
LANDS 60000-69999
60000 – Public Land Ownership/Boundaries
61000 – Land Acquisition and Exchanges
61100 – Appraisals and Valuation
62000 – Land Designations/Management
62100 – Roadless Areas
62110 – Inventories/Studies
62120 – Area Evaluation
62200 –Wilderness
62210 – Recommendation, Study
62300 – Biosphere Reserve Core Areas
62400 – Research Natural Areas/ACECs
62500 – National Scenic Roads and Trails
Social and Economic
SOCEC 70000 – 79999
70000 – Social/Economic Actions or Activities
ATTMT – 99999