New Mexico Register / Volume XXXII,
Issue 19 / October 13, 2021
NOTICE OF PROPOSED
RULEMAKING
NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN
that the New Mexico Department of Agriculture (NMDA), pursuant to the Pest Control Act, Sections 76-6-1
to 76-6-9, NMSA 1978, proposes to amend 21.17.28 NMAC, PECAN WEEVIL EXTERIOR QUARANTINE.
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED RULES:
New Mexico’s Pecan
Weevil Exterior Quarantine rule was promulgated in 1969 for the purpose of
reducing the risk of importing pecan weevil in to New Mexico from weevil
infested areas exterior to New Mexico, areas of West Texas, Arizona, and
California. The rule requires all in-shell pecans and other regulated articles
that originated in pecan weevil quarantined counties to undergo a cold storage treatment
to kill pecan weevil prior to entry into the state.
The
amendments remove several West Texas counites from New Mexico’s list of
quarantined counties, add a cold-storage treatment post-entry requirement, and added a second cold storage
treatment option.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Granted to the board of regents of
New Mexico state university under the Pest Control Act, Chapter 76, Article 6,
Sections 1 through 9, NMSA 1978 Compilation.
Copies of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
and proposed rules are available by electronic download from the New Mexico
Department of Agriculture website
(https://www.nmda.nmsu.edu)
Monday, November 15, 2021 at 2:00 pm
NMDA will host a public video/telephonic and in
person hearing
at the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, at
3190 S. Espina, Las Cruces,
NM, on the corner of Espina
and Gregg.
Join via Video:
Meeting URL: https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/93257469511
Meeting ID: 932
5746 9511
Passcode: 538839
Join via Phone:
+1 669
900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782
Meeting ID: 932
5746 9511
Passcode: 538839
Oral comments will be accepted at the hearing
from members of the public and any interested parties. Written comments will be
accepted through 5:00 pm on November 15, 2021. Comments may be submitted via email to comments@nmda.nmsu.edu
or may be filed by sending original copies to:
New Mexico Department of Agriculture, Office
of Director
MSC 3189, PO Box 30005, 3190 S. Espina, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8005
Only
signed statements, proposals or comments will be accepted. Scanned or electronic signatures conforming
to federal and state court requirements will be accepted with the understanding
that if there is any dispute regarding a signature, NMDA reserves the right to
require that original signatures be provided to verify the electronic or
facsimile signature.
SPECIAL NEEDS: If you are an individual with a disability
who needs a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any
other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the hearing
or meeting, please contact NMDA at (575) 646-3702 at least one week prior to
the meeting or as soon as possible.
The
Director will consider all oral comments, and will review all timely submitted
written comments and responses.