Carlsbad BLM Starts Revision of Resource Management Plan with Public Scoping Period
by Jon Crowley on 20/07/10 at 6:21 am
The Bureau of Land Management’s Carlsbad Field Office has announced their intention to revise and update its Resource Management Plan (RMP) for public lands in Eddy, Lea, and southwestern Chaves Counties. The official process begins with public scoping and will include a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The full process is expected to take approximately four years to complete.
A formal announcement initiating the official public scoping period and the BLM’s intention to prepare an EIS for the proposed project was published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2010. The official public scoping period will last through August 30, 2010 (30 days after the last public scoping meeting).
Scoping provides the first opportunity for public comment. The BLM is asking the public to help identify issues to be addressed in the plan revision as well as offer potential solutions. The BLM will use the information it receives during scoping as it prepares the Draft RMP and an associated Draft EIS.
Comments which identify or discuss a resource issue will be most helpful to the process. A planning issue usually results from some type of conflict between or among different types of use or between uses and resource conservation. See the Issues page for a list of preliminary issues. If you have concerns or interest in a specific resource or use, you may also choose to include suggestions for uses or conservation of these resources or lands for the BLM to consider when they develop alternatives for the RMP/EIS. You may also comment on the preliminary planning criteria, which are also displayed in the preliminary planning criteria page.
The BLM will also hold a series of ten public Scoping meetings at five locations in the area. The locations and dates are available below and have been added to the NMOHVA calendar on our web site.
The Preparation Plan document, located to the left, gives the details on the history, purpose and need, and the plan for how the Carlsbad office intends to revise the existing RMP.
To have your name added to the BLM’s Carlsbad Resource Management Plan Revision mailing list, contact James B. Smith at (575) 234-5986
You can e-mail your scoping comments to:
nm_cfo_rmp@blm.gov
or your may send mail your comments to:
BLM
Carlsbad Field Office
Resource Management Plan Project Team Lead
620 E. Greene Street
Carlsbad, NM 88220
Remember, you must submit your Scoping comments by August 30, 2010!
Public Scoping Meeting Schedule
Scoping Meetings for the Carlsbad Resource Management Plan Revision there will be two meetings at each location: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm and 6:00 pm-9:00 pm.
* Date: July 19
o Location: Artesia, NM
o Address: Artesia High School Gymnasium
* Date: July 20
o Location: Carlsbad, NM
o Address: Pecos River Conference Center-Carousel House Room, 711 Muscatel Drive
* Date: July 22
o Location: Hope, NM
o Address: Hope Community Center
* Date: July 26
o Location: Jal, NM
o Address: Jal Community Center, 109 West Panther
* Date: July 27
o Location: Hobbs, NM
o Address: NM Junior College/Training Outreach Facility
Read the Bureau of Land Management Documents Here:
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