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May 5, 2017
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Gov. Martinez sets special session start date for May 24 -- Albuquerque Journal
After weeks of uncertainty and finger-pointing over New Mexico’s budget impasse, the date and agenda for a special legislative session has been set by Gov. Susana Martinez.
In a proclamation issued today, the two-term Republican governor settled on May 24 as the special session’s start date. -- 5/5/2017
Interior Department Releases List of Monuments Under Review, Announces First-Ever Formal Public Comment Period for Antiquities Act Monuments -- DOI News Release
The Department of the Interior today announced the first ever formal public comment period for members of the public to officially weigh in on monument designations under the Antiquities Act of 1906, and the Department released a list of monuments under review under the President’s Executive Order 13792, issued April 26, 2017. A public comment period is not required for monument designations under the Antiquities Act; however, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and President Trump both strongly believe that local input is a critical component of federal land management.
Editor's Note: Two New Mexico National Monuments on are on the review list: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks and Rio Grande del Norte.
Comments may be submitted online after May 12 at http://www.regulations.gov by entering “DOI-2017-0002” in the Search bar and clicking “Search,” or by mail to Monument Review, MS-1530, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 20240.
DATES: The Department will shortly publish a notice in the Federal Register officially opening the public comment period. Written comments relating to the Bears Ears National Monument must be submitted within 15 days of publication of that notice. Written comments relating to all other designations subject to Executive Order 13792 must be submitted within 60 days of that date. --5/5/2017
See Also:
- Materials from the 59th Congress Relating to the 1906 American Antiquities Act, from the Library of Congress, American Memory Project, Evolution of the Conservation Movement
- National Monuments and the Antiquities Act, Congressional Research Service Report R41330