(1) The statewide threshold is 30,000 acres. The department will conduct a review of the plan as specified in ARM 36.25.914(2) if the aggregate acreage of real estate projects, sales, and exchanges meeting the criteria described in ARM 36.25.916(2) exceeds the statewide threshold, or is anticipated to exceed the statewide threshold during the term of the programmatic plan.

(a) Five percent of the statewide threshold, termed the rural threshold, is allocated for rural real estate projects, sales, and exchanges. The rural threshold is 1500 acres. The department will conduct a review of the programmatic plan as specified in ARM 36.25.914(2) if the aggregate acreage of real estate projects, sales, and exchanges in rural areas meeting the criteria described in ARM 36.25.916(2) exceeds the rural threshold or is anticipated to exceed the rural threshold during the term of the programmatic plan.

(2) The following, unless otherwise exempted in ARM 36.25.912, will count toward the applicable thresholds in (1) and (1)(a):

(a) tracts leased or under easement for commercial and industrial uses;

(b) tracts leased or under easement for residential uses at a density greater than one residential unit per 25 acres;

(c) tracts disposed of through sale or exchange and developed within five years following sale for a commercial or industrial use; and

(d) tracts disposed of through sale or exchange and subdivided within five years following sale for residential use where the planned density is greater than one residential unit per 25 acres.