April 22, 2024
U.S. Climate Alliance Requests EPA Approval of California’s In-Use Locomotive Regulation Authorization
April 17, 2024
Responses to Questions for the Record from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
April 8, 2024
NMED Comments EPA Listing of Specific PFAS as Hazardous Constituents
April 5, 2024
NMED Comments on Operations and Training Support Facilities and Activities at White Sands Missile Range
April 5, 2024
NMED Comments on Regional Groundwater Monitoring Well SIMR-3 and Access Road Improvements Draft Floodplain Assessment
April 1, 2024
NMED Comments on Kirtland Conventional High Explosive SimulaTed Nuclear Test Site and Joint Use Area
March 29, 2024
NMED Comments on Dense Plasma Focus Simulator at White Sands Missile Range
March 27, 2024
NMED Information Request to Camino Real Regional Utility Authority
March 26, 2024
NMED Comments on EPA’s Definition of Hazardous Waste Applicable to Corrective Action for Releases from Solid Waste Management Units
March 20, 2024
Testimony of NMED Cabinet Secretary to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding a hearing on Examining PFAS as Hazardous Substances
March 18, 2024
NMED Comments on Request for Information for Commercial Clean Energy Projects at Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
March 15, 2024
Response Letter from the New Mexico Department of Justice Regarding Camino Real Regional Utility Authority
March 14, 2024
NMED Comments on Peloncillo FireScape Project
March 14, 2024
Letter to State Auditor and Attorney General Regarding Camino Real Regional Utility Authority
March 8, 2024
LANL Environmental Assessment for Chromium Interim Measures and Final Remedy
March, 6 2024
NMED Comments on Cannon Air Force Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure Improvement
March 6, 2024
Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Meat and Poultry Products Point Source Category
February 27, 2024
NMED Comments Revised Designation of Certain Stormwater Discharges in New Mexico Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System of the Clean Water Act
February 26, 2024
NMED and EMNRD Comments on Hydrogen Tax Credits Proposed Rule
February 23, 2024
U.S. Climate Alliance Comments on EPA’s Proposed California Advanced Clean Cars Regulations
February 22, 2024
NMED Comments on EPA’s Proposed California Advanced Clean Cars Regulations
February 21, 2024
Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program
February 20, 2024
Letter to Secretary Kenney from EM-1 William I. White regarding EMLA Field Office Manager position
February 12, 2024
Federal Loan Guarantee to Maxeon Golden Eagle Project
February 12, 2024
El Porvenir Bridge Replacement and Beaver Creek Restoration
February 7, 2024
NMED Letter to Curry County Manager Lancy Pyle Regarding Installation and Operation of PFAS Monitoring Wells
February 2, 2024
NMED recommendations to House Bill 2
January 29, 2024
NMED Comments on EPA’s Proposed Lead and Copper Rule Improvements
January 22, 2024
NMED FY25 Budget Factsheet Presented to the Senate Finance Committee
FY25 NMED Budget Detail on AP for Finance Committees
January 17, 2024
Letter to President Joseph R. Biden Regarding Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles
January 12, 2024
NMED FY25 Budget Factsheet Presented to the House Appropriations & Finance Committee
January 5, 2024
NMED Comments on LANL Tech Areas 8 and 22 Nat Gas Line Replacement Floodplain Assessment
December 18, 2023
Letter to Tribal Nations related to the New Mexico Environment Department new online dashboard of Formerly Operating Uranium Mine and Mill Sites
December 12, 2023
NMED FY25 Budget Factsheet Presented to the Legislative Finance Committee
December 1, 2023
NMED Annual Report to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on Uranium Mine and Mill Site Reclamation & Presentation Slides
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on the San Juan Generating Station Cleanup
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on Abandoned Contaminated Sites, Including Dry Cleaners
November 22, 2023
Environmental Council of States Letter to the White House Office of Management & Budget Urging Nuclear Cleanup Funding
November 17, 2023
NMED Comments on EPA’s Proposed Air Emissions Reporting Requirements
NMED FY25 Budget Fact Sheet Presented to the Legislative Finance Committee
November 6, 2023
NMED FY25 Budget Fact Sheet Presented to the Water and Natural Resources Committee
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on the Advanced Clean Cars and Trucks Rule
October 16, 2023
NMED Comments on EPA’s Proposed CAFE Standards
October 10, 2023
NMED Contractor Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Contamination, Rulemaking and Litigation
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on Interim Storage of Nuclear Materials
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on the Regulatory Path for Water Reuse/Augmentation
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on the Kirtland Air Force Base Jet Fuel Cleanup
October 5, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on the Regulatory Path to Water Reuse
October 3, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on the 2023 Water Data Initiative (WDI) Plan
October 3, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on Corrective Action at the White Sands Test Facility
September 29, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Transportation and Infrastructure Revenue Subcommittee on the Clean Cars and Trucks Rule for New Mexico
September 15, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on Policy Issues in Nuclear Medicine
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on the White Sands Test Facility Cleanup and Restorative Measures
September 14, 2023
Bipartisan, multistate letter to Congress regarding the impact of Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending on the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds
September 6, 2023
New Mexico Environment Department letter to Michael Mikolanis and Arturo Duran regarding corrective action under DP-1835 associated with the chromium plume
NMED Presentation to the Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee on the Kirtland Air Force Base jet Fuel Cleanup
September 1, 2023
New Mexico Environment Department letter to the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration outlining our Fiscal Year 2025 budget priorities and request
August 21, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on the Regulatory Scheme for the Plutonium Pit Disposition Program
NMED Presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee on the Los Alamos National Laboratory Chromium Plume Cleanup
NMED Response to Environment Department Leased Office Space Letter | Incoming Letter
August 9, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on the San Juan Generating Station
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on the River Stewardship Program
August 8, 2023
NMED Presentation to the water and Natural Resources Committee on Hydrogen in New Mexico
August 4, 2023
NMED Comments on EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Rule
August 1, 2023
U.S. Climate Alliance Supports Rapid Finalization of Strengthened Power Plant Rules
July 18, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Legislative Finance Committee on Long-Term Power Generation and Economic Development for San Juan County
July 12, 2023
Presentation to Economic Forum of Albuquerque: Fostering a Healthy and Prosperous New Mexico
July 11, 2023
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee on City of Las Vegas Water Source Protection and Treatment and the Impacts of Wildfires, Flooding and Burn Scar Runoff on Watersheds
June 22, 2023
Notice of potential state regulatory impacts resulting from the U.S. Supreme Court Sackett v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision
June 16, 2023
Letter to EPA Administrator Regan supporting Phase III Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards
June 15, 2023
Overview of NMED Regulation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee
June 15, 2023
U.S. Climate Alliance comment letter to the EPA on Vehicle Emissions Standards
June 6, 2023
NMED Comments on DOE’s Environmental Assessment of Interim Measure for Chromium Plume Control at LANL
May 30, 2023
NMED Comments on EPA’s Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation
May 18, 2023
NNSA response letter to New Mexico Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force
May 4, 2023
Letter to Secretary Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming Senators supporting a regional hydrogen hub grant funding
April 25, 2023
Letter to Honorable Michelle Lujan Grisham from Christopher T. Hanson, Chair, NRC
April 12, 2023
Hydraulic fracturing chemicals and per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) response to Physicians for Social Responsibility Study
Letter and Report
April 7, 2023
IAD, NMED, EMNRD, & EDD joint letter to tribal leaders on State’s work on hydrogen development
March 21, 2023
New Mexico letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission related to spent nuclear fuel consolidated interim storage facilities
March 3, 2023
New Mexico Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force letter to NNSA
February 13, 2023
NMED comments on the NNSA’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Surplus Plutonium Disposition
NMED comments on the U.S. EPA’s Oil and Natural Gas Sector Climate Review
February 1, 2023
NMED budget factsheet
January 30, 2023
NMED and EMNRD comments on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation Rule
January 11, 2023
Clean Hydrogen New Mexico Fact Sheet
December 31, 2022
Secretary Granholm’s response to Governor Lujan Grisham’s November 16, 2022 letter to President Biden regarding Holtec International
December 16, 2022
NMED’s comments to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory legacy waste cleanup activities and nuclear safety
December 13, 2022
NMED’s FY24 Legislative Finance Committee Budget Factsheet
December 8, 2022
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s appointment of Dana Bahar to the Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Board
November 29, 2022
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Kidd’s response to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham regarding PFAS
November 16, 2022
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham letter to President Biden regarding Holtec International
November 15, 2022
Western Interstate Hydrogen Hub releases U.S. DOE concept paper
November 14, 2022
NMED presentation to the Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee On Uranium Mining Legacy Cleanup
November 9, 2022
New Mexico comments to the U.S. DOE regarding the clean hydrogen production standard guidance
November 7, 2022
New Mexico comments to the U.S. EPA regarding the designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA
October 28, 2022
NMED FY24 budget factsheet for the Water and Natural Resources Committee
October 26, 2022
NMED presentation to the New Mexico Infrastructure Finance Conference on Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding for Utilities
October 17, 2022
NMED Comments on the NNSA’s Notice of Intent to Prepare a Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
October 11, 2022
NMED presentations to the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission:
September 29, 2022
NMED presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee
September 6, 2022
NMED presentation to the Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
August 25, 2022
Secretary Kenney’s presentation to the New Mexico Water and Natural Resources Committee on Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Contamination
August 8, 2022
NMED letter opposing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Final Environmental Impact Statement’s recommendation to grant Holtec International’s license to store spent nuclear fuel
August 5, 2022
NMED presentations to Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Interim Committee:
August 4, 2022
New Mexico Environment Department comments on proposed Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule, Docket ID No. EPA– HQ–OW–2022–0128
July 19, 2022
Letter from Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico to Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard Kidd and Under Secretary Bill LaPlante regarding PFAS
July 8, 2022
Joint Agency Letter to Legislative Finance Committee on Produced Water Act implementation by the Environment Department, Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and Office of the State Engineer.
June 29, 2022
New Mexico Environment Department comments on U.S. EPA’s proposed program waiver for the 2021 Buy America, Build America Act for State Revolving Fund projects with submitted engineering plans and specifications
June 28, 2022
NMED’s Freedom of Information Act submission to Cannon Air Force Base for documents related to PFAS remediation contracts
Cannon Air Force Base response to NMED’s Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to PFAS remediation contracts
May 19, 2022
NMED presentation to Legislative Finance Committee
April 11, 2022
NMED letters of support for New Mexico State University pollution prevention program grants
April 8, 2022
Gov. Lujan Grisham’s Letter to DOE Secretary Granholm Regarding WIPP Citizen Petition
April 5, 2022
Letter to Councilman Tso of Navajo Nation from NMED and EMNRD/OCD in response to the alleged application of produced water by Kanalis/HPOC, LLC., in Eastern Navajo Agency
March 4, 2022
NMED Comments to DOE on Consent-Based Interim Storage Facilities
Feb. 7, 2022
NMED Comments on the Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. EPA proposed rule on the definition of “waters of the United States”
Jan. 31, 2022
NMED Comments on U.S. EPA’s Proposed Rules for Oil and Gas Sources
Jan. 21, 2022
Local Government Infrastructure Summit
Jan. 20, 2022
U.S. DOD response to NMED’s Nov 10, 2021 letter regarding PFAS hazardous waste clean-up
Jan. 14, 2022
Summit on City Infrastructure
Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation to House Appropriations & Finance Committee
Letter of Intent to Apply for Enhanced Air Quality Monitoring for Communities Grant
Jan. 12, 2022
Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation to Senate Finance Committee
Dec. 22, 2021
Letter to GAO regarding DOE Environment Management program oversight by Congress
Dec. 9, 2021
Letter to U.S. DOD Secretary Austin to implement ECOS PFAS Resolution
Nov. 17, 2021
Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Presentation Legislative Finance Committee
Nov. 12, 2021
Cleanup Actions Update – Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Committee
Nov. 10, 2021
Letter to U.S. DOD Secretary Austin calling on DOD to end its PFAS litigation against New Mexico
Oct. 26, 2021
Letter from EPA Administrator Michael Regan to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham regarding request to list per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances
Oct. 22, 2021
NMED Presentation to the Water and Natural Resources Committee
NMED Presentation to the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, KAFB Bulk Fuels Facility Spill Update
Oct. 12, 2021
NMED Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment of Tortugas Arroyo Storm Drainage Improvements Project
Sept. 30, 2021
NMED comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Clean Water Act jurisdiction
Sept. 21, 2021
EPA letter to Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham regarding request to list per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances
NMED comments to proposed revised 2023 and later model year light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions
standards
Sept. 20, 2021
NMED letter to members of the NM House of Representatives regarding proposed ozone precursor rule
NMED letter to members of the NM Senate regarding proposed ozone precursor rule
NMED presentations to Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Interim Committee:
Sept. 17, 2021
Letter from NM Senate to NMED regarding proposed ozone precursor rule
Sept. 15, 2021
Letter from NM House of Representatives to NMED regarding proposed ozone precursor rule
Sept. 1, 2021
NMED letter to NM Legislative Finance Committee regarding ozone precursor rule
Aug. 25, 2021
Letter from NM Legislative Finance Committee to NMED regarding proposed ozone precursor rule
Aug. 3, 2021
Letter from NM congressional delegation to EPA supporting strong methane regulations
July 30, 2021
Request for Rehearing on Petition for Writ of Mandamus in PFAS Multidistrict Litigation
July 23, 2021
NMED letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requesting reversal of 2019 decision not to provide direct and confidential aid to the state in support of our enforcement action against the U.S. Air Force
July 14, 2021
NMED presentations to Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Interim Committee:
July 12, 2021
NMED letter to EPA Acting Regional Administrator Gray requesting to delay Section 401 Certification of the draft Construction General Permit
July 8, 2021
NMED comments to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on proposed 2022 Construction General Permit
July 6, 2021
NMED letter to petitioners seeking Outstanding National Resource Waters designations in the Upper Pecos Watershed
June 29, 2021
NMED letter to Environmental Improvement Board regarding Clean Cars rulemaking petition
Letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan from Multi-state Environmental Agencies requesting meeting to discuss 401 rule revision
June 23, 2021
Testimony of NMED Cabinet Secretary to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works regarding a hearing on PFAS: The View from Affected Citizens and States
NMED Cabinet Secretary James Kenney response to Sen. Carper on-the-record question on PFAS
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan requesting per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) be listed as hazardous substances
June 7, 2021
NMED letter of support for Petitions to Transition or Prohibit Specific Hydrofluorocarbons as Permitted under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act
May 26, 2021
NMED letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the United Nuclear Corporation Church Rock Project
May 19, 2021
Letter to President Biden from Govs. Brown, Inslee, Lamont, Lujan Grisham, Newsom requesting reversal of adverse decisions by the Army Corps of Engineers
May 10, 2021
NMED comments to U.S. EPA on Proposed Unregulated Monitoring Contaminant Rule
April 11, 2021
NMED comments to U.S. EPA on Lead and Copper Rule Revisions
April 9, 2021
NMED comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed Holtec Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
March 10, 2021
NMED comments to the National Remedy Review Board on EPAÔÇÖs Proposed Plan for Homestake Mining Company Superfund Site, CERCLA # NMD007860935
Feb. 22, 2021
NMED letter to Acting EPA Administrator Jane Nishida on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to decline NM Water Quality Certification
NMED letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on adverse decision to decline New Mexico Water Quality Certification
Jan. 4, 2021
NMED statement given at Jan. 4, 2021 hearing of the Oil Conservation Commission: Case 21528
Dec. 2, 2020
NMED, Indian Affairs Department request to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for extended comment period on draft Environmental Impact Statement for amendments to the United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) Church Rock Uranium Mill
Nov. 16, 2020
NMED comments to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on proposed 2020 Clean Water Act Section 404 Nationwide Permits
Nov. 3, 2020
NMED comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Interim Storage Partners LLC’s application for Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Andrews, Texas
Oct. 22, 2020
NMED comments to DOE Savannah River Operations Office, Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board
Oct. 1, 2020
Notification of invoking dispute resolution on proposed Appendix B for Fiscal Year 2021, Los Alamos National Laboratory Compliance Order on Consent
Sept. 25, 2020
NMED comments to Bureau of Land Management on the February 2020 Farmington Mancos-Gallup Draft Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement
Sept. 22, 2020
NMED comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on March 2020 draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Holtec International license application for a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Sept. 16, 2020
Testimony at hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on The Navigable Waters Protection Rule under the Clean Water Act
Sept. 10, 2020
NMED comments to NNSA on Notice of Intent to Prepare a Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Aug. 21, 2020
NMED comments to U.S. EPA on Proposed Plan and Final Focused Feasibility Study for the Bonita Peak Repository
July 20, 2020
NMED comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Proposed Interpretive Rule for Transfer of Very Low-Level Waste to Exempt Persons
June 25, 2020
NMED comments on the Terrestrial Baseline Ecological Risk Assessment, Bonita Peak Mining District
June 11, 2020
NMED, EMNRD letter to U.S. EPA regarding addition of abandoned uranium mines to Emphasis List of Superfund Sites
June 9, 2020
NMED comments to U.S. EPA on Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for Contaminants on the Fourth Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List
June 8, 2020
NMED comments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on April 2020 Central Arizona Project draft Environmental Impact Statement
May 18, 2020
Comments to National Nuclear Security Administration on April 2020 Savannah River Site draft Environmental Impact Statement for plutonium pit production
May 9, 2020
Comments to National Nuclear Security Administration on March 2020 draft supplemental analysis of the 2008 Sitewide Environmental Impact Statement Supplemental Analysis for expanded pit production at Los Alamos National Labs
Feb. 25, 2020
Recommendations to U.S. EPA on Border 2020 program development
Feb. 11, 2020
Comments to U.S. EPA on proposed revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule
Feb. 3, 2020
Comments to U.S. EPA on proposed addition of certain PFAS to the Toxic Release Inventory
Dec. 16, 2019
Comments to U.S. EPA on draft Water Reuse Action Plan
Dec. 16, 2019
Comments to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on draft Environmental Impact Statement for proposed Holtec Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
Oct. 18, 2019
Comments to U.S. EPA to replace existing water quality certification regulations
Oct. 17, 2019
Testimony to U.S. EPA on proposed methane emissions
Aug. 6, 2019
U.S. EPA response to New Mexico letters regarding EPA response to request for litigation assistance
Aug. 2, 2019
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on EPA response to PFAS contamination in New Mexico
NMED letter to U.S. EPA Region 6 Acting Regional Administrator on EPA response to request for PFAS litigation assistance in New Mexico
July 19, 2019
U.S. EPA response to NMED request for PFAS litigation assistance
July 2, 2019
NMED Cabinet Secretary letter to U.S. EPA requesting PFAS litigation assistance
April 15, 2019
Comments to U.S. EPA on proposed Waters of the U.S. rule
Feb. 14, 2019
NMED Cabinet Secretary letter to National Nuclear Security Administration regarding Cooperating Agency status on Holtec Consolidated Interim Storage Facility
