Public Comment Letters

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Comment Title Description Search Terms Date Final Comment Letter
Tri-State Transmission Line Exploratory Exploratory review - transmission lines 2025-06-03 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4620.pdf
Transmission Line Exploratory Exploratory review transmission line. 2025-06-03 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4624.pdf
NTUA Navajo Nation Tse Bonito FRF Distribution Line Project The NTUA proposes to construct a distribution line with fiber optic cable in McKinley County, New Mexico on lands managed by the Navajo Nation and lands managed by the State of New Mexico. Project construction would consist of vegetation removal within the ROW; wooden utility pole and line construction; vehicular traffic within the ROW; excavation and backfill for utility pole and guy anchors; and distribution line and fiber optic cable installation. Temporary access roads, material laydown yards, and equipment staging areas will be used during construction, and will be limited to the Project Area. Occasional utility line maintenance will also be required and will result in short-term low intensity increases in traffic within the Project Area. Project activities will be limited to the approximately 6,655-foot long distribution line alignment with a 30-foot right-of-way width. An additional 0.625 mile buffer has been included for analysis to account for potential effects of construction noise on raptors and other special-status avian species. Proposed Action 2025-06-03 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4634.pdf
RCRTC RC5 Project IUC #1 The project site is located near the City of Elida in Roosevelt County, New Mexico along S Roosevelt Rd AG, S Roosevelt Rd 24, S Roosevelt Road 25, S Roosevelt Rd 26 and S Roosevelt 28. The project will consist of the installation of a total of 16.33 miles of fiber optic cable; 13.14-miles of aerial and 3.19-miles of buried lines. The anticipated ground disturbance of construction activities would be restricted to 5 feet below the ground surface. Fiber optic cable would be installed through a combination of plowing supplemented with trenching and directional boring to avoid impacts. The proposed project area is predominantly rural undeveloped land. Communications, Proposed Action 2025-06-03 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4679.pdf
Ute Creek Ranch The Property is situated in New Mexico's Southwestern Tablelands Ecoregion, also known as part of the Rolling Plains. Low rainfall, extreme temperatures, broad flat expanses and rough broken terrain shape the diversity and distribution of the plant communities of this region, including shortgrass and midgrass prairies, a few pockets of tallgrass prairie, shinnery oak, mesquite savanna, wooded swales and rough breaks, and riparian areas of plains cottonwood. The Southwestern Tablelands flank the High Plains with red-hued canyons, mesas, badlands, and dissected river breaks. Unlike most adjacent Great Plains ecological regions, little of the Southwestern Tablelands is in cropland. Much of this region is in sub-humid grassland and semiarid range land. The potential natural vegetation is grama-buffalo grass with some mesquite-buffalo grass in the southeast, juniper-scrub oak-midgrass savanna on escarpment bluffs, and shinnery (midgrass prairie with open low shrubs) along Ute Creek. The region of New Mexico that encompasses the Property has a dry and cold desert climate, with a mean annual temperature of 67.7 degrees F and mean annual precipitation of 16.44 inches (Western Regional Climate Center, 2016). Precipitation is greatest in the months of July, August, September, and October when monsoonal rains associated with thunderstorms occur in the region. Winter precipitation is associated with Pacific frontal storms. Conservation Easement 2025-06-02 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4536.pdf
Mesa Ruiz Farms -Working Capital Applicant applied for Working Capital Grant for the development, processing, packaging, and marketing of four new value-added products of Blue Corn Polenta, Blue Corn Tortillas, and Blue Corn Tamales. Project also includes freeze-dried fruits such as apples, pears, apricots, peaches, cherries, and plums sold as a dried shelf-stable product Proposed Action 2025-06-02 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4670.pdf
4-A Packing LLC- Working Capital Applicant applied for Working Capital to launch product, processing labor, and marketing of frozen Ready-to-Eat Hatch Red Chile Sauce. Grant funds will be used to offset initial operating and marketing expenses allowing for the business to upscale production and sales over a three year period. The funds will be used to support on line marketing efforts, processing labor, and shipping/freight costs. Proposed Action 2025-06-02 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4669.pdf
City of Carlsbad Double Eagle Waterline Replacement Project The City of Carlsbad has proposed to replace the existing waterline facility located in Section 36, Township 15-S, Range 32-E and Section 31 Township 15-S, Range 33-E in the western part of Lea County. The project will be to plan, design and construct a waterline to replace the existing waterline that has exceeded its useful life and must be replaced to continue providing drinking water to the City of Carlsbad. Proposed Action, Water Infrastructure 2025-06-02 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4673.pdf
Langlie Mattix Penrose Sand Unit #291 *Exploratory Proposed Action 2025-05-30 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4528.pdf
BLM Grazing Renewal Land Health Evaluations The BLM is charged with evaluating public lands on an allotment basis, in accordance with the current regulations, to determine if the rangelands are meeting the NM Standards for public land health. The information collected is used to evaluate whether grazing permits on allotments should be renewed. Livestock Grazing, Proposed Action 2025-05-30 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4638.pdf
Caja Hills Caja Hills Conservation Easement Conservation Easement, Proposed Action 2025-05-29 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4520.pdf
Hermosa-Kelsey Ranch Hermosa-Kelsey Ranch conservation easement updated Baseline Documentation Report to include species lists. Conservation Easement 2025-05-29 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4516.pdf
XSX Ranch XSX Ranch Conservation Easement Species Review for updating the project's Baseline Documentation Report. Conservation Easement 2025-05-29 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4514.pdf
Pitchfork Ranch Pitchfork Ranch updated Baseline Documentation Report to show important species on the Property. Conservation Easement 2025-05-29 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4515.pdf
Patterson - Givens - CIUDAD Private Property Forest Thinning Project on private land to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire and improve forest health. Forest Restoration, Proposed Action 2025-05-29 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4623.pdf
Aparejo APA State #3 Exploratory Proposed Action 2025-05-28 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4511.pdf
Luna Solar We are considering the construction, operation, and eventual decommissioning of the Luna solar facility on approximately 2,031 acres of private land in Luna County, New Mexico. The Project is anticipated to include photovoltaic (PV) modules, inverters, and potential battery energy storage systems. Interconnection is required to connect to the existing and regional transmission system. The Project Area includes one privately owned land parcel on approximately 2,031 acres (site) Proposed Action, Solar Energy 2025-05-27 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4616.pdf
Gold Canyon Solar Solar Project in Hidalgo County Proposed Action, Solar Energy 2025-05-27 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4612.pdf
Willow State #005 - Pad Reclamation - Exploratory Site Reclamation - Exploratory Review 2025-05-23 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4584.pdf
Coffin State #001 - Pad Reclamation - Exploratory Site Reclamation - Exploratory Review 2025-05-23 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4583.pdf
NVANU 4A - Pad Reclamation - Exploratory Site Reclamation - Exploratory Review 2025-05-23 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4586.pdf
NVANU 10 #1 - Pad Reclamation - Exploratory Site Reclamation - Exploratory Review 2025-05-23 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4587.pdf
Bent Bow Solar Aprroximately 20-acre solar development on private land. Proposed Action, Solar Energy 2025-05-23 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4590.pdf
MARALO STATE #001 & #002 - Pad Reclamation - Exploratory Pad and Road Reclamation - Exploratory 2025-05-23 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4594.pdf
Caja Hills The Property consists of approximately 320 acres of deeded land in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The Property, commonly known as Caja Hills, is a working ranch located at 470 W Estrada Calabasa, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506, northcentral New Mexico approximately seven miles from the Santa Fe city boundary. There is one parcel within Caja Hills deeded lands that will be encumbered as one whole, unsubdividable property under the terms of the Conservation Easement. (1) Caja Hills Parcel: The Caja Hills Parcel is 320 acres and is located north of NM State Highway 599 (NM 599) and northwest of Camino Luz Ortiz Road, where 0.30 miles of Horseshoe Bend tributary is located on the Property. The Caja Hills Parcel contains one residential building envelope. The Property is part of the Arizona/New Mexico Plateau ecosystem and is characterized by Arizona/New Mexico Plateau as an ecosystem type. As the Property is an inholding within Bureau of Land Management lands, the Property offers wildlife corridor connectivity. Native grasses, cacti, woody shrubs, piñon pine, and juniper tree define the uplands and native grasses, cacti, oak, piñon pine, and juniper dominate arroyo banks. Conservation Easement, Proposed Action 2025-05-22 public_comment_letter_NMERT-4509.pdf

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