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Chino West Stockpile Minimal Impact Exploration Project
On February 27, 2026, the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division ("MMD") received an application from Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company ("Chino") for a Part 3 Minimal Impact Exploration project in Grant County, New Mexico. Pursuant to 19.10.3.302(G) NMAC, MMD is requesting comments from your agency regarding this application. Please note, this project is located outside of the Chino Mine permit area (Permit No. GR009RE) and is considered a separate permit and project. Pursuant to 19.10.3.302(G) NMAC, MMD is requesting comments from your agency regarding this application. The application from the operator can be downloaded from the MMD website at: https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/mmd/gr099em-chino-west-stockpile-project/
Anchor replacements for four existing towers along a 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line on
Bureau of Land Management lands. Disturbance limited to a 200'ft area around each pole. Typical
light duty vehicles and maintenance equipment will be used. No set project duration at
this time. No wildlife surveys planned at this time. Anchor replacements for four existing towers along a 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line on
Bureau of Land Management lands. Disturbance limited to a 200'ft area around each pole. Typical
light duty vehicles and maintenance equipment will be used. No set project duration at
this time. No wildlife surveys planned at this time.
Additional proposed development within the Britton solar site. Biological analysis and surveys were already completed in 2018, and are being updated in 2026. Development will likely take place in 2026, if approved. The proposed construction is less than 3 acres within a pre-developed 300+ acre solar field.
This project is to explore potential impacts from the excavation of a spill at the North Hobbs GRYBG-San Andres Unit 311-33 facility in Hobbs, New Mexico. The excavation is being planned and there is no date yet when it will be completed.
This project is to explore potential impacts from the excavation of a spill at the North Hobbs SAT 23 facility in Hobbs, New Mexico. The excavation is being planned and there is no date yet when it will be completed.
Windstream proposes to construct, operate, and maintain a fiber-optic line in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. The project consists of a 2.69-mile-long construction corridor along New Mexico Highway 527 (NM 176) and County Road (CR) 363. The new buried line will be installed within the highway ROW of NM 527 from the beginning of the project (BOP) at milepost (MP) 11.70 to the end of project (EOP) at MP 11.95 and within 960 ft of the CR 363 ROW (Figure 5). The fiber optic installation will occur within a 15-foot-wide corridor (Table 1). Within the 2.69-mile corridor, 0.4 miles occur within lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT).
W26109-NM-16/17/18/19/20/21/22 Tucumcari Sub 7 MPs
Union Pacific Railroad proposes the installation of seven, 60 ft. (overall height of 65 ft.) positive train control wayside monopoles within the disturbed railroad right-of-way areas. Associated mile posts with this submission, starting at the northeastern most pole are 681.93, 684.91, 686.96, 688.85, 690.41, 718.35, 720.2.
Communication Infrastructure, Proposed Action, Railroad
The New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) received an application from North Shore Uranium Ltd. for a minimal impact exploration mining permit for its North Shore Rio Puerco Uranium Exploration Project Permit No. SA023EM. The application proposes drilling 27 boreholes on 27 drill pads ranging from 625 to 875 feet deep, disturbing 4.7 acres, and is located 12 miles northeast of Seboyeta, NM.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The proposed project involves the evaluation of 12 alternative alignments for a new east-west roadway connection in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. The study area is located south of Los Lunas between NM 47 on the west and the Manzano Expressway and Airport Drive on the east, centered at approximately 34.778°N, 106.681°W. Individual alternative alignments range from approximately 5.5 to 7.4 miles in length. The study area envelope spans approximately 1.9 miles north-south and 3.4 miles east-west.
Land cover within the study area includes irrigated and non-irrigated agricultural land, low- to medium-density residential development, and undeveloped scrub/shrub and herbaceous areas. All alternatives cross one or more irrigation conveyances associated with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) system, including the Tome Drain, Hells Canyon Drain, El Cerro Ditch, Chical Lateral, Las Cercas Ditch, and Valencia Drain. This is a desktop-only review with no ground disturbance proposed at this stage.
The purpose is to complete a screening of the potential for special status species or their critical habitat to occur in the vicinity of the abandoned uranium mine sites prior to reclamation activities. For the purpose of this report, special status species are defined as species designated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) as Endangered, Threatened, proposed for listing, or Candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA); species protected under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (BGEPA); designated state protected species by the Natural Heritage New Mexico (NHNM) and New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF). Critical habitat is defined as designated or proposed critical habitat as identified by the USFWS under the ESA.
Mine Closeout Plan, Proposed Action, Threatened or Endangered Species
Iron Duke Mine Modification 26-1 Updated Closeout Plan
On March 2, 2026 the New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) received an application from Gulf Coast Mining LLC. (Gulf Coast) to modify the minimal impact new mining permit for Iron Duke mine assigned Permit No. OT006MN (Mod 26-1). This Application is required to update the mines Closeout Plan and associated Financial Assurance. MMD reviewed the Application and deemed the application administratively complete on March 2, 2026.
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