“Planning
2.0 dilutes local and state voices and centralizes power here in
Washington DC. […] This puts special interest groups above local elected
officials, which is not the way it was ever
intended,” Chairman
Bishop said. “Counties all across the West expect their BLM
officials to be responsive to their needs and manage their land with the
best interest of the community in mind. Their livelihoods depend on
it.”
“Over
time, we’ve established a set of commonsense regulations that ensure
local governments and local communities are prioritized in federal land
use planning. The BLM’s
proposed rule strips local governments of their ability to coordinate
in local land use planning with the agency on behalf of the people. This
ultimately weakens input from surrounding communities and local
citizens who are directly impacted by the management
of federal lands. The BLM Planning Rule clearly prioritizes special
interests over the protections of citizens, which is why today, I voted
to overturn the BLM regulation to preserve the important role that local
governments play in federal land use decisions
and protect the citizens of New Mexico," stated Rep. Steve Pearce.
Over
60 groups support overturning the BLM Planning 2.0 Rule, including the
New Mexico Association of Counties (NMAC), the New Mexico Oil & Gas
Association, the New Mexico
Coalition of Conservative Districts, and the New Mexico Farm and
Livestock Bureau.
2 comments:
How about a HJ that does away with Federal ownership of vast tracks of realestate. There is no power granted by the Constitution for such.
Not true...Article 4, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants that right.
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