A final environmental impact statement concerning the long-term leasing of Tesuque Pueblo Reservation lands north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for residential development use by the Sangre de Cristo Development Company is now available to the public, the Bureau of Indian Affairs announced today.
The statement considered the human and physical environmental effects associated with the request for approval by the Secretary of the Interior of a 99-year lease for 1,342 acres of land, with an option to lease an additional 4,100 acres for developing a residential community of 16,000 people.
The Tesuque Pueblo now has about 300 residents.
Limited numbers of copies of the statement may be obtained from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Albuquerque Area Office, 5301 Central Avenue, N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87108. Copies are available for inspection at the Area Office, the BIA Central Office in Washington, D.C. and at the Northern Pueblos Agency, Federal Post Office Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
