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Eddy County official urges rewrite of 22-year-old land-use policy; cites federal land, fire and species issues
Summary
A lengthy discussion led by Louis Derek urged the county to overhaul its land-use ordinance—last updated about 22 years ago—to address federal land disposals, BLM resource management plans, payments in lieu of taxes, FEMA flood agreements, wildfire mitigation and species protections being debated at the federal level.
An extended presentation May 27 urged Eddy County to update its land-use policy, with a focus on federal land management, wildfire mitigation and protections connected to endangered-species and resource-management rules.
Louis Derek (identified in the transcript as the speaker introducing the item) told commissioners the county’s land-use policy dates from about 22 years ago and lacks definitions and comprehensiveness necessary to respond to changing federal policies, new resource management plans (RMPs), and litigation affecting NEPA and other federal rules. "We just did a shotgun approach without any definitions or comprehensive definitions,…
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