---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4110.3"
title: "43"
number: "4110.3"
heading: "Changes in grazing preference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4110.3"
---

# §4110.3. Changes in grazing preference.

- (a) The authorized officer will periodically review the grazing preference specified in a grazing permit or lease and make changes in the grazing preference as needed to:
  - (1) Manage, maintain, or improve rangeland productivity;
  - (2) Assist in making progress toward restoring ecosystems to properly functioning condition;
  - (3) Conform with land use plans or activity plans; or
  - (4) **Comply with the provisions of subpart 4180 of this part.**
- (b) The authorized officer will support these changes by monitoring, documented field observations, ecological site inventory, or other data acceptable to the authorized officer.
- (c) Before changing grazing preference, the authorized officer will undertake the appropriate analysis as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) ([42 U.S.C. 4321](/usc/42/4321.md) et seq.). Under NEPA, the authorized officer will analyze and, if appropriate, document the relevant social, economic, and cultural effects of the proposed action.

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 39504, July 12, 2006]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 315, 315a-315r, 1181d, 1740.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 29067, July 5, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 40890, Sept. 12, 1983]

### Amendments

[71 FR 39504, July 12, 2006]