New Mexico Register / Volume XXX, Issue 13 / July 16, 2019

STATE GAME COMMISSION MEETING AND RULE MAKING NOTICE

The New Mexico State Game Commission (“Commission”) has scheduled a regular meeting and rule hearing for Thursday, August 22, 2019, beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the New Mexico State Capitol Room 317, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501, to hear and consider action as appropriate on the following: Presentation of proposed changes to the Migratory Game Bird rule.

Synopsis:

The proposal is to adopt a new Migratory Game Bird rule, 19.31.6 NMAC, which will become effective September 1, 2019. The current Migratory Game Bird rule expired on March 31, 2019.

The proposed new rule will include adjusting regular waterfowl season dates, extending the Middle Rio Grande Valle dark goose season by 17 days, decreasing the number of sandhill crane permits, decreasing the bag limit for northern pintail from 2 to 1, extending the hunting days and hours at some Wildlife Management Areas, and moving the youth crane hunt one week later to December 7th. 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 Migratory Game Bird rule at DGF-waterfowl@state.nm.us; or individuals may submit written comments to the physical address below. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on August 21, 2019. The final proposed rule will be voted on by the Commission during a public meeting on August 22, 2019. Interested persons may also provide data, views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the public rule hearing to be held on August 22, 2019.

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.