New Mexico
Register / Volume XIV, Number 19 / October 15, 2003
NEW
MEXICO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
NOTICE
OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED REVISION OF LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL
REGULATIONS, 20.7.3 NMAC
The
New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (Board) will hold a public hearing
on December 16, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. at the New Mexico State Capitol Building,
Room 317, at the corner of Don Gaspar and Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New
Mexico. The purpose of the hearing is
to consider proposed revisions to Liquid Waste Disposal Regulations, 20.7.3
NMAC. The New Mexico Environment
Department is the proponent of the amendments to the regulations.
The
amendments are for the purpose of amending the Liquid Waste Disposal
Regulations to allow the land application of gray water by residences under the
conditions expressed by the Legislature in the 2002-2003 legislative session,
HB 114, codified at NMSA 1978 Section 74-6-4 (2003). The sections that would be amended include the following:
20.7.3.7.J
– Definition of black water
20.7.3.7.AF
– Definition of gray water
20.7.3.200
- Procedures
20.7.3.300
– Standards
Please
note that due to renumbering of regulatory provisions by the State Records
Center, the section numbers that are amended may be numbered differently than
shown above. In addition, the Board may
make other amendments as necessary to accomplish the purpose of allowing the
land application of graywater from residences with reasonable conditions.
The
proposed changes may be reviewed during regular business hours at the office of
the Environmental Improvement Board, Harold Runnels Building, 1190 St. Francis
Drive, Room N-2150 Santa Fe, NM, 87505.
Copies of the proposed revisions may be obtained by contacting Geraldine
Madrid-Chavez at (505) 827-2425 or by email at Geraldine_Chavez@nmenv.state.nm.us. Please refer to Docket No. EIB 03-10. Written comments regarding the proposed
revisions may be addressed to Ms. Madrid-Chavez at the above address, and
should reference docket number EIB 03-10.
The
hearing will be conducted in accordance with 20.1.1 NMAC (Rulemaking
Procedures) Environmental Improvement Board, the Environmental Improvement Act,
Section 74-1-9 NMSA 1978, and other applicable procedures.
All
interested persons will be given reasonable opportunity at the hearing to
submit relevant evidence, data, views and arguments, orally or in writing, to
introduce exhibits, and to examine witnesses. Any person who wishes to submit a
non-technical written statement for the record in lieu of oral testimony shall
file such statement prior to the close of the hearing.
Persons
wishing to present technical testimony must file with the Board a written
notice of intent to do so. The notice
of intent shall:
identify
the person or entity for whom the witness(es) will testify;
identify
each technical witness that the person intends to present and state the
qualifications of the witness, including a description of their education and
work background;
summarize
or include a copy of the direct testimony of each technical witness and state
the anticipated duration of the testimony of that witness;
list
and describe, or attach, each exhibit anticipated to be offered by that person
at the hearing; and
attach
the text of any recommended modifications to the proposed changes.
Notices
of intent for the hearing must be received in the Office of the Environmental
Improvement Board not later than 5:00 pm on December 5, 2003, and should
reference the name of the regulation, the date of the hearing, and docket
number EIB 03-10. Notices of intent to
present technical testimony should be submitted to:
Geraldine
Madrid-Chavez
Office
of the Environmental Improvement Board
Harold
Runnels Building
1190
St. Francis Dr., Room N-2150
Santa
Fe, NM 87502
If
you are an individual with a disability and you require assistance or an
auxiliary aid, e.g. sign language interpreter, to participate in any aspect of
this process, please contact Cliff Hawley by December 1, 2003. Mr. Hawley can be reached at the New Mexico
Environment Department, 1190 St. Francis Drive, P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, NM
87502, (505) 827-2844. TDD or TDY users may access his number via the New
Mexico Relay Network (Albuquerque TDD users: (505) 275-7333; outside of
Albuquerque: 1-800-659-1779.)
The
Board may make a decision on the proposed regulatory change at the conclusion
of the hearing, or the Board may convene a meeting after the hearing to
consider action on the proposal.