; or (B) public lands. (4) Fund The term Fund means the Renewable Energy Resource Conservation Fund established by section 10(c)(1). (5) Priority area; Designated Leasing Areas The terms priority area and Designated Leasing Areas mean covered land identified by the land use planning process of the Bureau of Land Management as being a preferred location for a renewable energy project for solar, wind, or geothermal energy. (6) Public lands The term public lands has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 ). (7) Renewable energy project The term renewable energy project means a project carried out on covered land that uses wind, solar, or geothermal energy to generate energy. (8) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. (9) Variance area The term variance area means covered land that is— (A) not an exclusion area; (B) not a priority area; and (C) identified by the Secretary as potentially available for renewable energy development and could be approved without a plan amendment, consistent with the principles of multiple use (as that term is defined in the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)). 4. Land use planning