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• Certification of tank installers (Part XIV)
• Ground-water protection regulations (Part XV)
Permits, special reports, and fees
If a mining or extraction operation meets the definition of a hazardous waste
treatment, storage, or disposal facility but does not have interim status, then a permit
would be required (20 NMAC 4,1, Parts V and IX). In addition, an administrative permit
fee would be required by the state (see the Hazardous Waste Fee Regulations [HWFR­
1]), See RCRA Subtitle C for a description of the potential permits and reports that may
be required,
Under this act, no permits are required for UST systems, However, there are
reporting requirements and fees as referenced above,
References
Adams, M" Fitzgerald, 1" Lematta, B" Hayden, C., Keleher, M" Rochelle, J" Salazar,
1" and Schaab, W" 1993, New Mexico Environmental Law Handbook, Third
Edition: Government Institutes Inc" Rockville, MD, 417 pp.
State of New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, 1991, Hazardous Waste
Management Regulations, 20 NMAC 4,1: State of New Mexico Environmental
Improvement Board, Santa Fe, NM, 24 pp.
State of New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, 1991, Underground Storage
Tank Regulations: State of New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board, Santa
Fe, NM, 188 pp.
Mine Registration, Reporting, and Safeguarding: New Mexico Energy, Mineral, and
Natural Resources Department, Minerals and Mining Division Rule 89-1
Mine Registration, Reporting, and Safeguarding, Rule 89-1 of the New Mexico
Energy, Mineral, and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD), Mining and Minerals
Division (MMD), was enacted in 1989, EMNRD MMD 89-1 has three functions:
• Requirements for the registration of all mines, mills, and smelters operating or
under collSttUCtion (Rule 89-1, Section 2)
• Annual reporting requireDients for mining operations, which include information
regarding ownership, production. survey (Rule 89-1, Section 3)
• Requirements for tiling a closure plan describing the methods to be used in closing
or fencing off all openings on the propetty before suspending operations at a
location (Rule 89-1, Part 2)
This act has no jurisdiction at oil and gas extraction sites, Operations that are
involved in subsurface potash mining are subject to the regulations presented in Rule 89-1
as described above.
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