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Help Protect the Pecos!
Comexico LLC is making rapid progress in obtaining their permits to start drilling in the area. We need to take action NOW to prevent this from happening.
Administrative Mineral Withdrawal is Necessary and an Appropriate Tool to Protect the Pecos.
The Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and the U.S. Forest Service have the ability to ensure the permanent protection of the Upper Pecos Watershed in response to the potential for negative impacts from proposed exploratory mining and the expansion of Comexico's claims in the Thompson Peak area.
We have met with BLM and the Forest Service requesting that they recommend to the Secretary of the Interior to exercise her authority under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act to withdraw the federal lands within its watershed from the mineral leasing laws for twenty years.
An administrative mineral withdrawal would start with a two-year segregation period for the federally managed minerals within the Upper Pecos Watershed. The segregation period would require land managers to determine the validity of existing claims before granting companies the right to initiate exploratory activities or mine in the area, which could result in some existing claims being invalidated. The segregation period would also prevent the establishment of new mining claims in the area for up to two years, and if an administrative withdrawal were approved it would prevent the establishment of new claims for 20 years.
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