[CPEO-MEF] NM Water Quality Control Commission Notice

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The following notice can be viewed online as a PDF at:
http://www.safedrinkingwater.com/community/2003/NM_publicnotice.pdf
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NEW MEXICO WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROPOSED
AMENDMENTS TO ADD AN OPEN MEETINGS RESOLUTION, AND TO AMEND 20.6.2 NMAC
– WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS

The New Mexico Water Quality Commission will hold a public meeting
beginning on June 10, 2003 at 9:00 a.m. in room 317 at the State Capitol
Building, corner of Paseo de Peralta and Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe
New Mexico. Immediately following the meeting, hearings will be held to
consider an Open Meetings Resolution and to consider proposed amendments
to Sections 20.6.2.7 and 20.6.2.3103 NMAC. The amendments are to the
toxic pollutant criteria and water quality standards of the Water
Quality Control Commission Regulations. The proposed amendments will add
2,6 DNT, HMX, RDX, TNT, manganese, MTBE and perchlorate to the
Commission’s toxic pollutant listing, and will change the existing
groundwater standard for Uranium from 5 mg/L to 0.007 mg/L. The New
Mexico Environment Department is the proponent of the proposed
amendments.

The proposed amendments to the toxic pollutant criteria and water
quality standards may be viewed on the Department’s web site at
www.nmenv.state.nm.us or during regular business hours by contacting
Geraldine Madrid-Chavez, Commission Secretary, 1190 St. Francis Drive,
Room N-2054, Santa Fe, New Mexico (505) 827-2425. The current Open
Meetings Act Resolution is also available for review by contacting the
Commission Secretary.

The hearings will be conducted in accordance with NMSA 1978, § 74-6-6,
the Guidelines for Water Quality Control Commission Regulation Hearings,
and other specific statutory procedures that may apply. A copy of the
Guidelines for Water Quality Control Commission Regulation Hearings is
available on the Department’s web site or may be from the commission
secretary at the address and phone number above.

All interested persons will be given a reasonable opportunity at the
hearings to submit relevant evidence, data, views and arguments, orally
or in writing, to introduce relevant exhibits and to examine witnesses
testifying at the hearings.

Persons desiring to present technical testimony at the hearings must
file with the Commission a written notice. The written notice shall:

• identify the person for whom technical testimony will be presented;
• identify each technical witness the person intends to present and
state the qualifications of that witness, including a description of
their education and work background;
• summarize or include a copy of the direct testimony of each technical
witness;
• state the anticipated duration of the testimony of each witness;
• include the text of any recommended modifications to the proposed
amendment; and
• list and describe, or attach, all exhibits anticipated to be offered
by the person at the hearing.

The deadline for filing written notices shall be May 27, 2003, at 5:00
p.m. Written notices must be filed in the Commission’s office and should
reference 20.6.2 NMAC or Open Meetings Resolution and the date of the
hearing.

Any person who wishes to submit a non-technical written statement in
lieu of oral testimony may do so at or before the hearing.

If you are an individual with a disability and you require assistance or
an auxiliary aid, e.g. translator or sign-language interpreter, to
participate in any aspect of this process, please contact Cliff Hawley
by May 20, 2003, at the New Mexico Environment Department, 1190 St.
Francis Drive, P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502, (505)
827-2844. (TDD or TTY users please access the number via the New Mexico
Relay Network, Albuquerque TDD users: (505)275-7333; outside of
Albuquerque: 1-800-659-1779 (voice); TTY users: 1-800-659-8331) Copies
of the proposed amendment will be available in alternative forms, e.g.
audiotape, if requested by May 20, 2003.

The Commission may deliberate and rule on the proposed amendments at the
close of the hearings.

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