Zasoby i środowisko · 1.11.1994

Availability of Draft Roswell Resource Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement, Draft Carlsbad Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Impact Statement, and Public Hearing Schedule

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability for public review of the Draft Roswell Resource Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement (RMP/EIS) and the Draft Carlsbad Resource Management Plan Amendment/Environmental Impact Statement (RMPA/EIS). The Draft RMP/EIS and Draft RMPA/EIS have been combined in a single document. The Carlsbad RMPA/EIS addresses the management of oil and gas resources on about 2.2 million acres of public surface and subsurface, and an additional 1.6 million acres of federal mineral estate, in Lea and Eddy counties, and the ``bootheel'' of Chaves County, in southeast New Mexico. The Roswell RMP/EIS addresses the comprehensive management of all resources and uses on about 1.5 million acres of public surface and subsurface, and an additional 8.4 million acres of federal mineral estate, in the remainder of Chaves County and all of Lincoln, DeBaca, Roosevelt, Curry, Quay, and Guadalupe counties, in east-central and southeast New Mexico. The Roswell RMP/EIS focuses on resolving three key issues that were identified with public involvement early in the planning process. These issues are: (1) oil and gas operations; (2) land tenure adjustmen