New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 13 / July 14, 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 Thursday August 13, 2020 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 Migratory
Game Bird rule.
Synopsis:
The
proposal is to amend the Migratory Game Bird rule, 19.31.6 NMAC, which will
become effective September 1, 2020. The most
recent Migratory Game Bird rule expired on March 31, 2020.
The proposed new rule will include changes to
regular waterfowl season dates, changes to the sandhill crane allocation based
on fall population data, and moving the youth crane hunt to November.
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 8:00 a.m. on August 13, 2020. The final proposed rule will be voted on by
the Commission during a virtual public meeting on August 13, 2020. Interested persons may also provide data,
views or arguments, orally or in writing, at the virtual public rule hearing to
be held on August 13, 2020.
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.