In accordance with 20.6.4.9(A) NMAC, any person may nominate a surface water of the state for designation as an ONRW by filing a petition with the Commission pursuant to the applicable procedures. Pursuant to 20.6.4.9(B) NMAC, the WQCC may designate a surface water of the state as an ONRW where the Commission determines that the designation is beneficial to the state and it has been demonstrated that at least one of the eligibility criteria in 20.6.4.9(B) NMAC have been demonstrated in accordance with 20.6.4.9(A) NMAC. As such, the Village of Pecos, San Miguel County, Upper Pecos Watershed Association, New Mexico Acequia Association, and Molino de la Isla Organics LLC (“Petitioners”) filed a petition proposing several ephemeral, intermittent, and perennial classified and unclassified waterbodies, from the US Forest Service (“USFS”) Dalton Day Use area to the USFS Wilderness boundary, be designated as ONRWs.
