State Trust Land leasing to private corporations for oil and gas development must be accountable to Mora County Development Guidance System (DGS) for permitting for private drilling operations--according to latest legal research by New Mexico Environmental Law Center (NMELC), Bruce Frederick, for Drilling Mora County.
In a letter to Drilling Mora County, Bruce Frederick, NMELC, lays out the reasons Commissioner Pat Lyons of the State Land Office, needs to inform all lessees for oil and gas drilling leases, on state trust land that they must comply with Mora County permitting. Frederick clearly outlines the reasons they must first contact the Mora County Commissioners for a permit to drill in Mora County.
The DGS is a set of laws governing the development in Mora County. All development, such as oil and gas development, even including those acres leased by the State Land Commissioner, which extend outside the strict guidelines of agriculture, must go through an extensive review including environmental impact statements.
This letter to Drilling Mora County outlines the County's authority, should they act on their right to protect their hundreds of thousands of acres of state land.
In a letter to Drilling Mora County, Bruce Frederick, NMELC, lays out the reasons Commissioner Pat Lyons of the State Land Office, needs to inform all lessees for oil and gas drilling leases, on state trust land that they must comply with Mora County permitting. Frederick clearly outlines the reasons they must first contact the Mora County Commissioners for a permit to drill in Mora County.
The DGS is a set of laws governing the development in Mora County. All development, such as oil and gas development, even including those acres leased by the State Land Commissioner, which extend outside the strict guidelines of agriculture, must go through an extensive review including environmental impact statements.
This letter to Drilling Mora County outlines the County's authority, should they act on their right to protect their hundreds of thousands of acres of state land.
Drilling Mora County
drillingmoracounty@gmail.com
www.drillingmoracounty.blogspot.com
Links:
Bruce Frederick, NMELC, letter
New Mexico State Land Office (SLO) Lease Notice
Map of SLO land offered for lease in Mora County (two parts):
Part 1 (5.9MB) Part 2 (6.7MB)
Oil & gas lease sale: Morgan Hall, Edward J. Lopez State Land Office Building, Santa Fe, NM, at 9:30AM, in September 16, 2008.
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