New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 13 / July 14,
2020
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
CASE NO. 20-00105-FM
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (the “commission”)
gives notice of its initiation of a proposed rulemaking to repeal and replace Rules 10.25.1, 10.25.2, and 10.25.5 NMAC. The rules which may be
adopted as the final rules in this proceeding may include all, part, or none of
the language in the proposed rules issued by the commission. The commission may also consider alternative
proposals for amending or replacing the current rules.
Concise statement of proposed rules: The commission
is considering repealing and replacing Rules 10.25.1, 10.25.2, and 10.25.5 NMAC. The commission is considering changes to many sections of the rules. In particular, the commission is considering
changes regarding the inspection and testing of fire and smoke dampers in
accordance with evolving National Fire Protection Association standards, provisions
within general provisions, which part
contains, among other things, definitions that are used in Part 5, provisions within
certificates of fitness, which contains provisions establishing the methods of becoming certified to
install, test, and inspect fire and smoke dampers, and other changes to
modernize the rules.
Constitutional and statutory authority: New Mexico
Constitution, Article XI, Sec. 2; Paragraph 10 of Subsection B of Section 8-8-4
NMSA 1978 (1998), Section 8-8-15 NMSA 1978 (1999, amended 2001), Section 59A-52-15
NMSA 1978 (amended 2017), and Section 59A-52-15.1 NMSA 1978 (amended 2017).
A copy of the full text of the proposed rules may be obtained
from the Rulemaking Proceedings section of the Commission’s website at http://www.nmprc.state.nm.us
under Case No. 20-00105-FM or by calling Isaac Sullivan-Leshin in the Office of
General Counsel at (505) 670-4830.
Written initial comments and written response comments
shall be filed by the deadlines below. Currently,
due to the COVID-19 pandemic and orders of the governor pertaining thereto, the
commission has adopted emergency electronic filing procedures, which may or may
not be in place at the time that comments are filed in this docket. In the alternative, the commission may revert
to the filing procedures in place before the emergency electronic filing
procedures were instituted, in which case such filings shall be made with the
commission’s records bureau at P.O. Box 1269, Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269 or by
hand delivery to the commission’s records management bureau at 1120 Paseo de
Peralta, Room 406, Santa Fe, NM 87501. For
information as to how to file at the time of filing, please contact Melanie
Sandoval, the commission’s records bureau chief at melanie.sandoval@state.nm.us
or (505) 827-6968. Written initial comments
shall be filed no later than August 31,
2020 and written response comments shall be filed no later than September 14, 2020. Comments shall refer to Case No. 20-00105-FM. All written comments will be posted on the
commission’s website within three days of their receipt by the records bureau.
A public hearing will be held on October 21, 2020, beginning at 2:00 p.m. at the offices of the commission
located in the 4th Floor Hearing Room at 1120 Paseo de Peralta, Santa
Fe, NM 87501. If emergency conditions
arising from the COVID-19 pandemic persist at that time, the commission will
announce any alternative forum, such as a conference call, through which the
hearing may be held. The purpose of the
hearing is to give interested persons an opportunity to give oral comments. The commission may limit the time for each
comment to five minutes. The record of
this case will close on November 4, 2020.
Any person with
a disability requiring special assistance in order to participate in the
hearing should contact Mr. Bradford Borman at (505) 827-4048
at least 48 hours prior to the commencement of the hearing.