Public Comment Letters

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Comment Title Description Search Terms Date Final Comment Letter
Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands The U.S. Forest Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and rulemaking regarding the management of inventoried roadless areas on approximately 44.7 million acres of National Forest System lands. The proposed rule would rescind the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which prohibits road construction, road reconstruction, and timber harvesting in inventoried roadless areas. Environmental Impact Statement, Fire Management, Forest Fuelwood Management, Forest Thinning, Roads and Bridges 2025-09-18 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5051.pdf
Peppered Chub Draft Recovery Plan The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting public comments on a draft recovery plan for the peppered chub, an endangered fish native to prairie rivers in the Southwest. The goal is to support multiple self-sustaining peppered chub populations into the foreseeable future. Current populations are limited to portions of the south Canadian River in northeastern New Mexico and the Texas panhandle. The public comment period closes September 19th, 2025. Fish/Wildlife Conservation/Management, Species Recovery Plan, Threatened or Endangered Species 2025-09-18 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5070.pdf
Kessel/Rubio Biological evaluation of species likely to occur within footprint. Proposed Action 2025-09-18 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4970.pdf
Thistle Booster Station An active remediation project for an oil and gas booster station located in Lea County, New Mexico. Oil and Gas Pipeline, Proposed Action 2025-09-18 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5055.pdf
506 Arroyo Ls Lagunitas Grazing Permit The purpose of the Action is to authorize grazing on a previously grazed vacant allotment and approve the construction of approximately 3 miles of boundary fencing on public land, for the purpose of livestock management. The need for the Action is established by the BLM, for and in consideration of the mutual benefits hereunder, and in accordance with the Taylor Grazing Act (43 U.S.C. 315c), as amended, which allows for cooperative agreement for the construction and/or maintenance of range improvements, installation of conservation works or establishment of conservation practices, hereinafter referred to collectively as improvements, for the benefit of the public lands and of the cooperator(s). Livestock Grazing, Proposed Action 2025-09-17 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5089.pdf
Solar Exploratory Exploratory Review Solar Proposed Action 2025-09-17 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5054.pdf
Harry Leonard NCT F Battery Exploratory 2025-09-16 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5043.pdf
Luna County Mobile Command Unit Purchase Mobile Command Unit Proposed Action 2025-09-15 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5076.pdf
Fritz Place, Chaveroo, and Gallinas Well Grazing Permit Renewals The purpose of re-issuing a grazing permit or lease would be to authorize livestock grazing on public range on allotments NM61006 Fritz Place, NM61007 Chaveroo, & NM61008 Gallina Wells. When authorizing livestock grazing on public range, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must conduct a site-specific NEPA analysis before issuing a lease to authorize livestock grazing. This environmental assessment fulfills the NEPA requirement by providing the necessary site-specific analysis of the effects of issuing a renewal grazing permit on this allotment. The permit would be needed to specify the types and levels of use authorized, and the terms and conditions of the authorization pursuant to 43 CFR §§4130.3, 4130.31, 4130.32, and 4180.1. Livestock Grazing, Proposed Action 2025-09-15 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5088.pdf
BLM NM KKTR RMP Amendment Resource Management Plan for the BLM Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument. Timing of work would be winter 2025/2026. No on the ground work is needed. Work would involve updating the BLM's Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the park. Sensitive and listed wildlife and plant species protocol surveys may be needed. Proposed Action, Recreation 2025-09-12 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5016.pdf
Isleta, Pueblo of Purchase of Fire Trucks Proposed Action 2025-09-12 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5059.pdf
MAT Roadway Rehabilitation The proposed project includes reconstruction or rehabilitation of approximately 5.7 linear miles of existing roadways associated with residential and private properties south of U.S. Highway 70 in Mescalero, New Mexico. The surrounding habitat is relatively undisturbed, and each section of replaced roadway will require temporary disturbance during construction to complete site re-grading and surfacing to improve roadway drainage and safety. The project area was surveyed by a professional biologist in September 2022. Mitigation measures are recommended to limit impacts on surrounding wildlife habitat and potential wetland resources during road reconstruction, and design plans are still being finalized. 2025-09-11 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5067.pdf
Peralta, Town Of Existing roadway improvements required by the New Mexico Department of Transportation for the construction of the Peralta Fire Station on NM 47. This includes any roadway improvements, signal modifications, traffic signage, striping, ADA accessible ramps, sidewalks and drainage improvements required by NMDOT. 2025-09-11 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5046.pdf
Spatial Map of Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar NOI Map to Supplement NMERT 4959: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) New Mexico State Office announces its intent to prepare a PEIS for the HPCC Burn Scar Project, in Mora, Colfax, Taos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Guadalupe, and San Miguel Counties, New Mexico. The PEIS will examine alternative solutions to address flooding, sedimentation, erosion, water quality impairments, and agricultural water management on private lands due to loss of land cover and the overall burn severity of the HPCC fire. The project area is approximately 500 square miles and includes 33 Hydrologic Unit Code-12 watersheds within nine Hydrologic Unit Code-10 watersheds (nine watersheds). The primary purpose for the PEIS is to provide improvement to increase the flood resilience to protect the communities that have been affected by the HPCC fire and restore the project areas' function that is essential to healthy streams and clean water; healthy forest, soil, and ecosystem; and healthy flora and fauna on private lands and in conjunction with other restoration efforts on National Forest System (NFS) lands. NRCS is requesting comments to identify significant issues, potential alternatives, information, and analyses relevant to the Proposed Action from all interested individuals, Federal and State agencies, and Tribes and Pueblos. Fire Management Planning 2025-09-11 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5072.pdf
The FOOD DEPOT Renovation the inside of the building - add/remove office spaces, updated floors, windows, upgrade fixtures of the Casita de Comida Food Bank free grocery store. 2025-09-11 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5047.pdf
QUEMADO NORTH US-NM-5139 The Towers, LLC proposes the construction of a 195 ft (199 ft overall height) self-support telecommunications tower. Associated equipment will be installed within a proposed 100 ft by 100 ft compound surrounding the tower. Access and utilities will be provided to the tower compound by a proposed 30 ft wide gravel access drive on the south side of the equipment compound southwest towards NM Highway 36. The proposed tower compound and associated utility easement are located in a sparsely vegetated portion of arid land in Quemado, Catron County, New Mexico. Cell Tower, Proposed Action 2025-09-11 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5049.pdf
Sinclair State 002 Exploratory Proposed Action 2025-09-10 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4936.pdf
Schmitt Decline Abandoned Uranium Mine Project Species list requested for a draft BA/BE in preparation for implementing abandoned uranium mine (AUM) mitigation measures toward permanently remediating public health and safety hazards present at the Schmitt Decline, an AUM located on State Trust Land (STL) near Milan, New Mexico. 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5026.pdf
proposed project Confidential project: one well pad and associated access road, pipeline, and TUAs. NR and CR surveys will be conducted 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5029.pdf
proposed project 2 confidential project: includes one well pad and associated access road, pipeline, and TUAs 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5030.pdf
Sioux sweet gas pipeline The Sioux sweet gas pipeline will tie into two proposed well pads and be located underground, therefore, no negative effects will be associated with the pipeline during production of the wells. The pipeline will transport sweet gas which contains no or only trace amounts of other chemicals compared to sour gas. Oil and Gas Pipeline, Proposed Action 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5036.pdf
Palomas Species Palomas Gen Tie Species List 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5039.pdf
Hacienda Species Hacienda Gen Tie Species List 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5040.pdf
SZWNII Species Palomas Gen Tie Species List 2025-09-09 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5041.pdf
Lin Co WUI Buffer Private land forest thinning along WUI boundaries using combination of mastication and hand thinning during multi-year project that is starting Fall of 2025. Proposed Action, Wildland Urban Interface 2025-09-08 public_comment_letter_NMERT-5035.pdf

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