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The biological survey encompassed a 200-foot-wide area, 100-feet on each side of the pipeline centerline. Water pipeline with a 30-foot permanent workspace and 20-foot temporary workspace. Timing of activities is unknown.
Our client proposes to install a new 199-foot self-support tower in a proposed 50-foot by 50-foot lease area. A proposed approximately 12-foot-wide access and utility easement will extend approximately 140 feet east from Delaware Basin Road, connecting with a new 50-foot-wide access and utility easement extending approximately 60 feet north to the lease area. A proposed 8-foot-wide utility easement will extend approximately 90 feet east from Delaware Basin Road to the lease area. A proposed fiber conduit will be routed within the 8-foot-wide easement from a new fiber vault immediately south of the lease area 85 feet west to another new fiber vault. A proposed power conduit will be routed within the 50-foot-wide easement and 8-foot-wide easement from a new junction box immediately south of the lease area 115 feet west to a new utility pole. The site is located in undeveloped desert scrubland off the east side of Delaware Basin Road.
Pecos Canyon State Park 90% Construction Documents North Rio Mora Day Use Area
90% construction documents for the North Rio Mora Day-Use area at Pecos Canyon State Park sent from Emily Stoute at EMNRD for review by NMDGF. Separate signage plan specific to NMDGF also included. Focal area is just north of the Mora Campground. Providing gated parking, designated parking areas for day-use and angler parking, and signage. They will work on a trail including picnic sites and a fishing platform once they receive Wild and Scenic River compliance approvals. Tree plantings will be done along the road. They are modifying and moving signage.
This proposed hazard fuels mitigation project will take place on 55 acres of primarly private and some state land. Mastication in pinon/juniper to break fuel continuity while retaining group and stems >16"DRC will be the primary prescription. However near historic building hand falling and whole tree removal will be needed. While not a riparian restoration project all native riparian species will be retained and invasive removed where encountered.
the Mining and Minerals Division ("MMD") received an application from Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Operations ("Tyrone") requesting a modification to the minimal impact exploration permit for the Emma-B Exploration Project, Permit No. GR083EM. The modification application (assigned by MMD as Modification 24-1) for the minimal impact exploration permit proposes drilling an additional twenty-six (26) drill holes up to 1,300 feet deep on twenty-five (25) drill pads, creating 4.97 acres of additional disturbance. The proposed drilling sites are located near previously disturbed drill pads approved in Permit No. GR083EM, approximately ½ mile south of the Tyrone Mine.
2-4 MW photovoltaic community solar facility consisting of I-beams supporting the array, an access road, various equipment pads, fencing, and infiltration pond, and vegetative screening. Wetlands will not be impacted. Trees will not be removed.
intersection redesign will include approximately 0.9 miles, total, of road work, including a roundabout design, signing and striping, drainage, and miscellaneous construction. The construction of the roadway will mostly maintain the existing centerline grade, with no more than 2-feet of excavation or embankment of earth. The proposed typical section consists of two 11-foot driving lanes with shoulders varying from 2-feet to 10-feet and an approximately 6-feet taper. The roundabout will consist of a 60-foot wide median, 10-foot shoulders, 2.5-foot curb and gutter, and a 23-foot-wide driving lane.
Proposed Action, Roads and Bridges, Threatened or Endangered Species
LANL Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project, Draft Environmental Assessment
The United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is proposing to upgrade the electrical power supply system for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). LANL requires a reliable and redundant electrical power supply to support mission programs and other activities conducted at LANL facilities. Electrical power supply forecasts project that existing transmission lines that serve LANL and Los Alamos County will reach capacity before 2027, and DOE/NNSA will not have the electrical power supply to meet mission requirements.
New Minimal Impact Exploration Permit Application, Sugarloaf Exploration Project
The New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division received an application from Bonaventure Nevada Inc. on August 7, 2023 for a new minimal impact exploration permit in Grant County, New Mexico.
Ecological Risk Assessment for the St. Anthony Mine Pit 1
On November 30, 2023, the Mining and Minerals Division ("MMD") of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department received the Ecological Risk Assessment for the St. Anthony Mine Pit 1, dated November 2023 from United Nuclear Corporation and General Electric for the St. Anthony Mine, Cibola County, New Mexico.
Horizontal directional drilling on an existing pipeline within an existing easement of the New Mexico Gas San Luis Pipeline. The pipeline is currently an above-ground crossing of the Arroyo Piedro Lumbre wash, which connects downstream to the Rio Grande. Surface Management is unincorporated Sandoval County.
The purpose of the proposed action is to (1) reduce surface fuel accumulations created by the wind event; (2) reduce the threat of insect and disease activity in the spruce-fit habitat, and; (3) remove hazardous trees that pose safety issues to firefighters and road/trail users. The proposed action is to treat a total of 2,881 acres. There are up to 17 miles of proposed temporary administrative roads; no new roads will be constructed. Existing closed roadbeds would be maintained to safely remove the forest products from the are. Temporary roads used for these activity would be closed and rehabilitated within three years of project completion.
Revision 23-1 to Continental Mine and Mill – Update to Closure/Closeout Plan
The New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) received an application from Freeport- McMoRan Chino Mines Company (Chino) dated July 2023 requesting a revision to Permit No. GR002RE, for the Continental Mine Closure/Closeout Plan (CCP) Update (Application). Chino provided proof of public notification of the application to MMD in a letter dated October 30, 2023, and MMD has determined the application to be administratively complete on November 6, 2023. The Application (assigned by MMD as Revision 23-1) for the Continental Mine permit proposes an updated CCP similar to the 2014 CCP with some differences, not limited to the following:
1. The 2023 Updated CCP is based on the constructed facilities as of 2023 and end of year
2026 for the Cobre Haul Road, Hanover Mountain Mine, and South Waste Rock Disposal
Facility (SWRDF). In the 2014 CCP, the Cobre Haul Road and Hanover Mountain Mine
were conceptual plans.
2. The 2023 Updated CCP's Reclamation Cost Estimate is based on unit costs in 2023 dollars
for end of year 2026, as the greatest anticipated reclamation cost or highest liability year out
of years 2023 to 2027.
3. The 2023 Updated CCP contemplates use of Cobre Haul Road and Santa Rita Mine's Upper
South Stockpile as sources for cover material. At the same time, an ongoing 2022 test plot
study is evaluating other cover material sources.
The intent of the Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park (MVBSP) Restoration Project is to implement aquatic recovery measures in the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) that would satisfy U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) obligations for aquatic and riparian habitat restoration requirements determined in the Record of Decision (USIBWC 2009a). USIBWC shared the updated pre-final design plans and invited stakeholders (i.e., DGF) to submit comments.
5-Year Closeout Plan Revision, GCC Rio Grande Tijeras Mine and Mill
The New Mexico Mining and Minerals Division (MMD) received an application from GCC Rio Grande Tijeras Mine and Mill on June 12th, 2023 for a revision of their permit in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. Pursuant to 19.10.5.505.B NMAC, MMD is requesting comments from your agency regarding the application. The application received from the operator can be downloaded from MMD's website.
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