BLM News:FARMINGTON ― The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Farmington Field Office and the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) Navajo Regional Office announced Oct. 21 the start of an expanded resource management planning effort for northwest New Mexico with the publication of a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register.
The BLM and the BIA Regional Office will jointly conduct an expanded analysis of management in the area that covers public, tribal, and Indian allotment lands.
A 60-day public scoping period is now open, ending Dec. 20, 2016. The information gathered during this scoping process will be added to the information already gathered as part of the BLM’s prior scoping process for the Environmental Impact Statement.
The initial announcement (https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-broader-plan-review-management-lands-northwestern-new) provided a schedule of public scoping meetings. The tentative meetings are now finalized. The formal tribal consultation with the Navajo Nation is scheduled for Dec. 2 at the Navajo Nation museum in Window Rock, Ariz.
The final scoping meeting schedule is as follows:
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Time
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Shiprock Chapter House
Hwy 64, Mile Post 23, Building 5548 Shiprock, NM 87420 |
November 10
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Huerfano Chapter House
536 Co Rd 7150
Bloomfield, NM 87413 |
November 10
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3:00pm-7:00pm
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Counselor Chapter House
6828 Hwy 44, #14
Counselor, NM 87018 |
November 12
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Nageezi Chapter House
11554 New Mexico 44,
Nageezi, NM 87037 |
November 12
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3:00pm-7:00pm
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Ojo Encino Chapter House
MP2.2, Navajo Route 474
Ojo Encino, NM 87913 |
November 14
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Whitehorse Lake Chapter House
MP62.7, Navajo Route 9
Cuba, NM 87013
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November 15
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9:00am-1:00pm
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Navajo Technical University
Lowerpoint Road State Hwy 371
Crownpoint, NM 87313 |
November 17
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3:00pm-7:00pm
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Navajo Nation Museum
Highway 264 and Loop Road Window Rock, AZ 86515 |
December 2
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10:00am-2:00pm
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All meetings will be conducted bilingually (Navajo and English) with the exception of the Whitehorse Lake meeting which will be conducted exclusively in Navajo. Input to the BLM and BIA can be provided at these meetings or in the following ways.
- By mail to BLM Farmington Field Office, Attention: Mark Ames, Project Manager, 6251 North College Blvd., Suite A, Farmington, New Mexico 87402; by email to BLM_NM_FFO_Comments@blm.gov, or by fax to 505.564.7608.
- For the BIA, please contact Harrilene Yazzie, BIA Regional National Environmental Policy Act Coordinator at 505.863.8287, P.O. Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87301, or harrilene.yazzie@bia.gov.
The general public and Navajo tribal members are highly encouraged to participate in the public scoping meetings where environmental issues (including potential impacts associated with hydraulic fracturing) will be presented. The scoping period ends on December 20, 2016.
Additional information is available online at http://www.blm.gov/nm/farmington.
