Okay so the Bureau of Land Management is being even more shady (imo. legally, that is just my opinion) and has shortened the comment period about proposed oil and gas mining in in protected area of New Mexico.
Essentially, they want to shrink the protected area.
"The Secretary of the Interior proposes to revoke the withdrawal of up to approximately 336,425 acres of public lands located within a radius of approximately 10 miles surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park (CCNHP) in San Juan County, northwestern New Mexico. Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7923 established a withdrawal in 2023 which withdrew these public lands from location and entry under the United States mining laws and from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, for a 20-year term.
Revocation of the PLO No. 7923 withdrawal would restore discretion over mineral leasing to the Bureau of Land Management and would re-open that public land to location and entry under the United States mining laws. It is important to note that the land in question was not withdrawn from disposal under the Materials Act of 1947, which largely concerns the sale of common-variety sand, gravel, and other such commodities from federal land.
The BLM will prepare an environmental assessment that will analyze the following alternatives, which may be refined based on input received during the scoping process:
No Action Alternative: 10-mile buffer withdrawal remains in effect
Public Land Order No. 7923 would remain in effect, keeping approximately 336,404 acres closed to new mineral leasing and mineral entry for 20 years, subject to valid existing rights.
Alternative 1 (Proposed Action): Revoke the withdrawal in full
The Secretary or appropriate Secretarial official would revoke the public land order in full, reopening all 336,404 acres to mineral leasing and to location and entry under the U.S. mining laws. Management of mineral resources would conform to the provisions of the 2003 Farmington Resource Management Plan.
Alternative 2: Revoke the withdrawal to allow leasing and mining beyond a 5-mile buffer
The Secretary or appropriate Secretarial official would revoke the public land order in part, reopening public lands beyond a 5-mile buffer around Chaco Culture National Historical Park to both mineral leasing and location and entry under the U.S. mining laws."
Basically opening up the land entirely as they want or opening up slightly less. I suspect (in my opinion) this option was presented to make them seem more reasonable for doing this this way.
The comment period has been drastically shortened and ends on July 19 at midnight, and for this one, you do not have to give a whole address or id or anything.
"The UNESCO World Heritage site has been at the center of a fight over drilling for years, having spanned multiple presidential administrations. Within park boundaries are the towering remains of stone structures built centuries ago by the regionās first inhabitants, and ancient roads and related sites are scattered farther out across the desert plains and sandstone canyons."
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This is a revered, irreplaceable cultural site, and this administration has so far destroyed every single thing it has touched, especially when it rushes. We have no reason to believe they won't do that again here. They are the bumbling DOGE diarrhea failed state fair regime.
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