New Mexico Register / Volume XXIX, Issue 7 / April 10, 2018

STATE GAME COMMISSION MEETING AND RULE MAKING NOTICE

The New Mexico State Game Commission (“Commission”) has scheduled a regular meeting and rule hearing for Tuesday, May 22, 2018, beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the Holiday Inn Express Meeting Room, 60 Entrada Drive, Los Alamos, New Mexico, to hear and consider action as appropriate on the following: Presentation of proposed changes to the Javelina rule.

Synopsis:

The proposal is to adopt a new Javelina rule, 19.31.21 NMAC, which will become effective April 1, 2019. The current Javelina rule is set to expire on March 31, 2019.

The proposed new rule will include adjusting hunting seasons for calendar dates. For example, if a 5-day hunt typically starts on a Saturday, this date shifts earlier during each year of the 4-year rule. To avoid having these hunts occur earlier and earlier, the dates need to be “reset” during each new 4-year rule cycle. We propose removing manner and method references from the Javelina rule and include it in the manner and method rule to open later in 2018. No changes to number of licenses or open areas are being proposed. A full text of changes will be available on the Department’s website at www.wildlife.state.nm.us.

Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed changes to the Javelina rule at DGF-Javelina-Rules@state.nm.us; or individuals may submit written comments to the physical address below. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2018. The final proposed rule will be voted on by the Commission during a public meeting on May 22, 2018. Interested persons may also provide data, views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the public rule hearing to be held on May 22, 2018.

Full copies of text of the proposed new rule, technical information related to proposed rule changes, and the agenda can be obtained from the Office of the Director, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, 1 Wildlife Way, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507, or from the Department’s website at www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/proposals-under-consideration/. This agenda is subject to change up to 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact the Director’s Office at (505) 476-8000, or the Department’s website at www.wildlife.state.nm.us for updated information.

If you are an individual with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing or meeting, please contact the Department at (505) 476-8000 at least one week prior to the meeting or as soon as possible. Public documents, including the agenda and minutes, can be provided in various accessible formats. Please contact the Department at 505-476-8000 if a summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in the General Powers and Duties of the State Game Commission 17-1-14, et seq. NMSA 1978; Commission’s Power to establish rules and regulations 17-1-26, et seq. NMSA 1978.