New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 22 / November 24, 2020

STATE GAME COMMISSION MEETING AND RULE MAKING NOTICE

The New Mexico State Game Commission (“Commission”) will be hosting a virtual meeting and rule hearing on Friday, January 15, 2021 beginning at 9:00 a.m. For instructions on how to virtually attend this meeting, visit the Department’s website at http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/commission/webcast/. The purpose of this meeting is to hear and consider action as appropriate on the following: presentation of proposed changes to the Importation Rule.

Synopsis:

The proposal is to amend the Importation rule, 19.35.7 NMAC, which will become effective February 9, 2021.

The proposed amendments will provide consistency in the level of review of importation applications for all taxa, including carnivores, remove the requirement for fish hatchery renovation and depopulation if a facility tests positive for Renibacterium salmoninarum, the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease, clarify testing requirements for the whirling disease pathogen in hatcheries, and minor formatting and clerical changes.

A full text of changes is available on the Department’s website at: www.wildlife.state.nm.us.

Interested persons may submit comments on the proposed changes to the Importation rule at dgf-importation.rule@state.nm.us; or individuals may submit written comments to the physical address below. Comments are due by 5:00 p.m. on January 14, 2021. The final proposed rule will be voted on by the Commission during a virtual public meeting on January 15, 2021 Interested persons may also provide data, views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the virtual public rule hearing to be held on January 15, 2021.

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.