New Mexico
Register / Volume XXI, Number 13 / July 15, 2010
NEW MEXICO
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND RULEMAKING HEARING
The New Mexico
Environmental Improvement Board ("Board") will hold a public hearing
on September 20, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in the Board Room (Senator Fabian Chavez
Room) at the new PERA Bldg, 33 Plaza la Prenza, Santa Fe, 87507. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the
matter of EIB No. 10-03 (R), revisions to
the New Mexico Drinking Water Regulations.
The Safe Drinking Water Act section 300(g)(2)(a)(1) requires states with
primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems to adopt
regulations that are no less stringent than the national primary drinking water
regulations. The proposed revision would
update New Mexico’s incorporation by reference of the National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations, 40 CFR Part 141, and make this
incorporation perpetual.
The proponent of
this regulatory revision is the New Mexico Environment Department ("NMED").
The proposed
drinking water regulation revision may be reviewed during regular business
hours at the NMED Drinking Water Bureau office, 1052
Main Street NE, Los Lunas, New Mexico or by
contacting Angela Faye Cross at (505) 841-5376 or angelafaye.cross@state.nm.us.
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.
Persons wishing to present technical testimony must file with the Board
a written notice of intent to do so. The
notice of intent shall:
(1) identify the person for whom the witness(es)
will testify;
(2) 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;
(3) summarize or include a copy of the direct testimony of each
technical witness and state the anticipated duration of the testimony of that
witness;
(4) list and describe, or attach, each exhibit anticipated to be
offered by that person at the hearing; and
(5) attach the text of any recommended modifications to the
proposed new and revised regulations.
Notices of intent
for the hearing must be received in the Office of the Board not later than 5:00
pm on September 3, 2010, and should reference the docket number, EIB No. 10-03 (R), and the date of the hearing. Notices of intent to present technical
testimony should be submitted to:
Joyce Medina, Board Administrator
Office of the
Environmental Improvement Board
Harold Runnels
Building
1190 St. Francis
Dr., Room N-2150 / 2153
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Phone: (505)
827-2425, Fax (505) 827-2836
Any member of the
general public may testify at the hearing.
No prior notification is required to present non-technical testimony at
the hearing. Any such member may also offer exhibits in connection with his
testimony, so long as the exhibit is not unduly repetitious of the testimony.
A member of the
general public who wishes to submit a written statement for the record, in lieu
of providing oral testimony at the hearing, shall file the written statement
prior to the hearing, or submit it at the hearing.
Persons having a
disability and needing help in being a part of this hearing process should
contact Judy Bentley by September 3, 2010 at the NMED,
Personnel Services Bureau, P.O. Drawer 5469, 1190 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe,
New Mexico, 87502, telephone 505-827-9872.
TDY users please access her number via the New
Mexico Relay Network at 1-800-659-8331.
The Board may make a
decision on the proposed drinking water regulation revision at the conclusion
of the hearing, or the Board may convene a meeting after the hearing to
consider action on the proposal.