New Mexico Register / Volume XXI, Number 16 / August 31, 2010
NEW MEXICO
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT BOARD
NOTICE OF RULEMAKING
HEARING
The New Mexico
Environmental Improvement Board ("Board") will hold a public hearing
commencing on December 6, 2010 and continuing day-to-day until completed, at
the State Capitol, 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87501, in room 317, for
the purpose of hearing the matter in EIB No. 10-10 (R), the New Mexico
Environment Department's ("NMED") proposal to amend the regulation,
Clean Cars Rule, 20.2.88 NMAC. The regulation would waive the Clean Car
Standards for model year 2011 though and including model year 2016, as new
federal regulations provide similar levels of pollution control.
The proposed
regulation may be reviewed during regular business hours at the NMED Air
Quality Bureau office, 1301 Siler Road, Building B, Santa Fe, New Mexico, on
NMED’s web site at www.nmenv.state.nm.us, or by contacting Emily Geery at (505)
476-4315 or Emily.Geery@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, the Air Quality Control Act Section, 74-2-6, NMSA 1978, scheduling,
procedural, and other orders entered by the Board or its Hearing Officer, 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 a written notice of intent including the
following:
(1) identify the docket number, EIB No. 10-10 (R)
(2) identify the date of the hearing;
(3) identify the
person for whom the witness(es) will testify;
(4) 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;
(5) include the full
written testimony of each technical witness;
(6) attach each
exhibit to be offered at the hearing; and
(7) attach the text
of any recommended modifications to the proposed regulation.
The Department shall
submit its notice of intent to present technical testimony on August 31, 2010.
Any interested
person shall submit a notice of intent to present technical testimony on
October 22, 2010.
The Department shall
submit their notice of intent to present rebuttal testimony on November 19,
2010.
Notices of intent
must be received in the Board's Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date specified
above. The Board's Office address is provided below:
Joyce Medina, Board
Administrator
Office of the
Environmental Improvement Board
Harold Runnels
Building
1190 St. Francis
Dr., Room N-2150 / 2153
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: (505)
827-2425, Fax (505) 827-2836
Any person,
including a member of the public, who wishes to present non-technical public
comment, testimony, or exhibit may do so without prior notification either in
writing at any time before the conclusion of the hearing or in person at the
hearing.
Persons having a
disability and needing help in being a part of this hearing process should
contact Judy Bentley by November 22, 2010, at the NMED, Personnel Services
Bureau, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, telephone 505-827-9872. TDY users may access her number via the New
Mexico Relay Network at 1-800-659-8331.
The Board may make a
decision on the proposed regulation at the conclusion of the hearing or may
convene another meeting for that purpose.