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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 257
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-60
BUFFALO TRACT PROTECTION ACT
JANUARY 31, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 180]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 180), to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Man-
agement land from mineral development, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 180 is to withdraw approximately 4,288 acres
of land in Sandoval County, New Mexico, administered by the Bu-
reau of Land Management land from mineral development.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
In 2012, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a draft
of the new resource management plan (RMP) for BLM lands in cen-
tral New Mexico, which proposed to open four parcels, including
the Buffalo Tract and Crest of the Montezuma, in southern
Sandoval County to mineral development, including gravel mining.
Since the release of the draft plan, some local residents and stake-
holders have expressed concerns about a gravel mine on this land.
S. 180 would withdraw approximately 4,288 acres administered
by the BLM near Placitas, New Mexico, from location, entry, and
patent under the mining laws and disposition under the mineral
leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. In 2019
testimony on a previous version of the bill, S. 526 in the 116th
Congress, the BLM projected that a final environmental impact
statement and Record of Decision for the RMP would be released
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