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Title and Link to Supporting Documentation <\/th>WQCC Docketed Matter<\/th> WQCC Decision <\/th> Effective Date for State Purposes ** <\/th> Effective Date for Federal CWA Purposes***  <\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Tijeras Arroyo UAA<\/a> (Third-party)<\/td>25-28(R)<\/td>02.06.2026<\/a><\/td>03.14.2026<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Sandia Canyon UAA<\/a> (Third-party)<\/td>24-65(R)<\/td>10.07.2025<\/a><\/td>11.08.2025<\/a><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Copper Site Specific Criteria for the Pajarito Plateau<\/a> (Third-party)<\/td>24-31(R)<\/td>04.08.2025<\/a><\/td>05.22.2025<\/a><\/td>08.14.2025<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2024 ONRW Special Designations<\/a><\/td>24-46(R)<\/td>01.28.2025<\/a><\/td>03.15.2025<\/a><\/td>04.10.2025<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Upper Rio Grande, Rio Hondo, Lake Fork, East Fork Jemez River, San Antonio Creek and Redondo Creek ONRW<\/a> (Third-party)<\/td>21-62(R)<\/td>08.15.2022<\/a><\/td>09.24.2022<\/a><\/td>02.08.2023<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Upper Pecos River and Identified Tributaries ONRW<\/a> (Third-party)<\/td>21-51(R)<\/td>08.10.2022<\/a><\/td>09.24.2022<\/a><\/td>02.08.2023<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2020 Triennial Review<\/a>*<\/td>20-51(R)<\/td>03.09.2022<\/a><\/td>04.23.2022<\/a><\/td>01.20.2023<\/a>****<\/td><\/tr>
Pecos River and Tributaries ONRW (third-party petition)<\/a> (Third-party)<\/td>20-18(R)<\/td> Withdrawn<\/td> Withdrawn<\/td> Withdrawn <\/td><\/tr>
Temporary Standard Raton<\/a><\/td>19-46(R)<\/td>04.07.2020<\/a><\/td>05.22.2020<\/a><\/td>07.24.2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
San Isidro Arroyo and Tributaries<\/a><\/td>19-03(R)<\/td>11.04.2019<\/a><\/td>12.17.2019<\/a><\/td>04.09.2020<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Dog Canyon Creek UAA<\/a><\/td>17-04(R)<\/td>01.09.2018<\/a><\/td>02.13.2018<\/a><\/td>No Action<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Tecolote Creek UAA<\/a><\/td>17-04(R)<\/td>01.09.2018<\/a><\/td>02.13.2018<\/a><\/td>09.12.2018<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2013 Triennial Review<\/a>*<\/td>14-05(R)<\/td>01.10.2017<\/a><\/td>03.02.2017<\/a><\/td>08.11.2017<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Santa Fe River<\/a><\/td>12-07(R)<\/td>01.08.2013<\/a><\/td>02.14.2013<\/td>06.05.2013<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Galisteo Creek<\/a><\/td>12-07(R)<\/td>01.08.2013<\/a><\/td>02.14.2013<\/td>06.05.2013<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Dry Cimarron River<\/a><\/td>11-05(R)<\/td>04.10.2012<\/a><\/td>07.10.2012<\/td>11.26.2012<\/td><\/tr>
Lakes Amendment<\/a><\/td>11-05(R)<\/td>04.10.2012<\/a><\/td>07.10.2012<\/td>11.26.2012<\/td><\/tr>
Antidegradation Amendments<\/td><\/td>12.15.2010<\/a><\/td>01.14.2011<\/a><\/td>04.11.2013<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Wilderness ONRWs<\/td>10-01(R)<\/td>12.15.2010<\/a><\/td>01.14.2011<\/a><\/td>04.11.2013<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2009 Triennial Review<\/a>*<\/td>08-13(R)<\/td> 10.14.2010<\/a><\/td>12.01.2010<\/a><\/td>04.30.2012
06.18.2012<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Valle Vidal ONRW<\/a> <\/td>05-04(R)<\/td>12.14.2005<\/a><\/td>02.16.2006<\/a><\/td>06.27.2006<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
LANL waters<\/a><\/td>03-05(R)<\/td>05.13.2005<\/a><\/td>05.23.2005<\/td>08.31.2007<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2005 Triennial Review*<\/td>03-05(R)<\/td>05.13.2005<\/a><\/td>05.23.2005<\/td>12.29.2006<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Sulphur Creek<\/a><\/td>03-05(R)<\/td>05.13.2005<\/a><\/td>05.23.2005<\/td>11.16.2006<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*Triennial Reviews may also include UAAs and ONRWs not independently identified on this amendment list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

**The effective date for State Purposes is the date the rule, under NMAC, became effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

***The effective date, for purposes of the Clean Water Act, is the date of EPA Region 6 approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

****Note for the 2020 Triennial Review: EPA only provided partial approval for the actions submitted under this matter. Subsequent approvals\/denials are anticipated, pending EPA\u2019s consultation with USFWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: not all actions approved for State purposes may have been approved by EPA for CWA purposes. Please refer to EPA\u2019s response(s) for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Title and Link to Supporting Documentation WQCC Docketed Matter WQCC Decision Effective Date for State Purposes ** Effective Date for Federal CWA Purposes***  Tijeras Arroyo UAA (Third-party) 25-28(R) 02.06.2026 03.14.2026 Sandia Canyon UAA (Third-party) 24-65(R) 10.07.2025 11.08.2025 Copper Site Specific Criteria for the Pajarito Plateau (Third-party) 24-31(R) 04.08.2025 05.22.2025 08.14.2025 2024 ONRW Special Designations 24-46(R) […]<\/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-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1578,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/1578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/surface-water-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}