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S. Rept. 118-63 1 (2023-07-19)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxafnr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . Calendar No. 137 118TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session SENATE 118-63 BUFFALO TRACT PROTECTION ACT JULY 19, 2023.-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. 534] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (S. 534), 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. 534 is to withdraw approximately 4,288 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management in Sandoval County, New Mexico 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. 534 would withdraw approximately 4,288 acres of land admin- istered 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 im- pact statement and Record of Decision for the RMP would be re- 39-010