{"id":31,"date":"2021-06-29T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/rules-and-responsibilities\/"},"modified":"2021-07-27T18:04:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:04:25","slug":"rules-and-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/rules-and-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules And Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The basic authority<\/strong> for environmental management and consumer protection in New Mexico is provided through the <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-74-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc14787295\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYAWAdgA4eAJgCcAVgCUAGmTZShCAEVEhXAE9oAcg2SIcXNgA2BgMJI00AITIdhMLgRKV6rTbsIAynlIAhdQCUAUQAZAIA1AEEAOWMAyVIwACNoUnZxcSA\">Environmental Improvement Act<\/a> (NMSA 1978,&nbsp;\u00a7\u00a7 74-1-1 to 74-1-17). This law establishes the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB, Board) and specifies its duties and powers. The Board is the state control agency for such areas as food protection, capacity development of water supply (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/dwcapacity\/information-states-about-building-capacity-drinking-water-systems\">\u00a71420<\/a> of the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.env.nm.gov\/sundry\/?c=486&amp;k=1048b72343\">Safe Drinking Water Act<\/a>), solid waste, liquid waste, hazardous waste, air quality control, raditation control, and occupational health and safety among other things.&nbsp; To see a full list of the Board\u2019s jurisdiction click <a href=\"\/environmental-improvement\/environmental-consumer-protection-legislation\/\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board\u2019s authority is codified in <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-74-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc14787312\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYAWAdgA4eAZg4AmAJQAaZNlKEIARUSFcAT2gBydRIhxc2ADb6AwkjTQAhMm2EwuBIuVrN12wgDKeUgCE1AJQCiADL+AGoAggByRv4SpGAARtCk7GJiQA\">NMSA 1978, \u00a7 74-1-8<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">For more information on the Safe Drinking Water Act see EPA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/sdwa\">website<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The duties and powers<\/strong> of the Board include&nbsp;the administration of loans and grants from the federal government that apply to programs and areas under the Board\u2019s authority,&nbsp;the promulgation of regulations and standards for the 14 areas listed in <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-74-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc14787312\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYAWAdgA4eAZg4AmAJQAaZNlKEIARUSFcAT2gBydRIhxc2ADb6AwkjTQAhMm2EwuBIuVrN12wgDKeUgCE1AJQCiADL+AGoAggByRv4SpGAARtCk7GJiQA\">NMSA 1978, \u00a7 74-1-8<\/a>, granting variances and appeals from permitting actions pursuant to the <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-74-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc14787343\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYAWAdgA4eAZi6CAlABpk2UoQgBFRIVwBPaAHI14iHFzYANnoDCSNNACEyLYTC4ECpao1WbCAMp5SAIVUAlAKIAMn4AagCCAHKGfuKkYABG0KTsoqJAA\">Air Quality Control Act<\/a>&nbsp;(see <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-74-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc14787352\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYAWAdgA4eAZgCsAJgCUAGmTZShCAEVEhXAE9oAcg2SIcXNgA2BgMJI00AITIdhMLgRKV6rTbsIAynlIAhdQCUAUQAZAIA1AEEAOWMAyVIwACNoUnZxcSA\">\u00a7 74-2-5<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-74-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc14787362\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYAWAdgA4eAZgBsAJgCUAGmTZShCAEVEhXAE9oAcg2SIcXNgA2BgMJI00AITIdhMLgRKV6rTbsIAynlIAhdQCUAUQAZAIA1AEEAOWMAyVIwACNoUnZxcSA\">\u00a7\u00a7 74-2-7 to -8<\/a>), and Uniform Licensing Act hearings in regards to the suspention or revocation of certificates issued under the Medical Radiation Health and Safety Act (see \u00a7<a href=\"https:\/\/laws.nmonesource.com\/w\/nmos\/Chapter-61-NMSA-1978#!fragment\/zoupio-_Toc19546653\/BQCwhgziBcwMYgK4DsDWszIQewE4BUBTADwBdoAvbRABwEtsBaAfX2zgEYBOAVgBYAbAJ4BmAJQAaZNlKEIARUSFcAT2gBydRIhxc2ADb6AwkjTQAhMm2EwuBIuVrN12wgDKeUgCE1AJQCiADL+AGoAggByRv4SpGAARtCk7GJiQA\">61-14E-5<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The basic authority for environmental management and consumer protection in New Mexico is provided through the Environmental Improvement Act (NMSA 1978,&nbsp;\u00a7\u00a7 74-1-1 to 74-1-17). This law establishes the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB, Board) and specifies its duties and powers. The Board is the state control agency for such areas as food protection, capacity development of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/environmental-improvement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}