New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

New Mexico House Bill HB328 Compare Versions

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28	28	HOUSE BILL 328
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30	30	TH LEGISLATURE
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42	42	FIRST SESSION
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45	45	2025
46	46	INTRODUCED BY
47	47	Randall T. Pettigrew and Mark B. Murphy
48	48	AN ACT
49	49	RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT; REPEALING PROVISIONS OF LAW
50	50	PERTAINING TO THE CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FUEL STANDARD PROGRAM;
51	51	PROHIBITING THE ADOPTION OR CONTINUATION OF RULES PROVIDING FOR
52	52	A CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FUEL STANDARD; REPEALING SECTION 74-1-18
53	53	NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 2024, CHAPTER 54, SECTION 4).
54	54	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
55	55	SECTION 1. Section 74-1-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971,
56	56	Chapter 277, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
57	57	"74-1-3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Environmental
58	58	Improvement Act:
59	59	A. "board" means the environmental improvement
60	60	board;
61	61	[B. "carbon intensity" means the quantity of fuel
62	62	lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of fuel energy,
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90	90	expressed in grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule;
91	91	C.] B. "department" or "environmental improvement
92	92	department" means the department of environment;
93	93	[D. "fuel lifecycle" means an assessment of the
94	94	aggregate greenhouse gas emissions based on science-based
95	95	models or protocols, including direct emissions and significant
96	96	indirect emissions from indirect land use change, all stages of
97	97	fuel and feedstock production and distribution, feedstock
98	98	generation or extraction through the distribution, delivery and
99	99	use of the finished fuel by the consumer, including
100	100	consideration of storage, transportation and combustion;
101	101	E.] C. "on-site liquid waste system" means a liquid
102	102	waste system, or part thereof, serving a dwelling,
103	103	establishment or group, and using a liquid waste treatment unit
104	104	designed to receive liquid waste followed by either a soil
105	105	treatment or other type of disposal system. "On-site liquid
106	106	waste system" includes holding tanks and privies but does not
107	107	include systems or facilities designed to receive or treat mine
108	108	or mill tailings or wastes;
109	109	[F.] D. "person" means the state or any agency,
110	110	institution or political subdivision thereof, any public or
111	111	private corporation, individual, partnership, association or
112	112	other entity and includes any officer or governing or managing
113	113	body of any political subdivision or public or private
114	114	corporation;
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143	143	[G.] E. "residential on-site liquid waste system"
144	144	means an on-site liquid waste system serving up to four
145	145	dwelling units; and
146	146	[H.] F. "secretary" means the secretary of
147	147	environment [and
148	148	I. "transportation fuel" means electricity or a
149	149	liquid, gaseous or blended fuel, including gasoline, diesel,
150	150	liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and hydrogen, sold,
151	151	supplied, used or offered for sale to power vehicles or
152	152	equipment for the purposes of transportation ]."
153	153	SECTION 2. Section 74-1-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971,
154	154	Chapter 277, Section 10, as amended) is amended to read:
155	155	"74-1-7. DEPARTMENT--DUTIES.--
156	156	A. The department is responsible for environmental
157	157	management and consumer protection programs. In that respect,
158	158	the department shall maintain, develop and enforce rules and
159	159	standards in the following areas:
160	160	(1) food protection;
161	161	(2) water supply, including implementing a
162	162	capacity development program to assist water systems in
163	163	acquiring and maintaining technical, managerial and financial
164	164	capacity in accordance with Section 1420 of the federal Safe
165	165	Drinking Water Act of 1974 and establishing administrative
166	166	penalties for enforcement;
167	167	(3) liquid waste, including exclusive
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196	196	authority to collect on-site liquid waste system fees that are
197	197	no more than the average charged by the contiguous states to
198	198	New Mexico for similar permits and services and to implement
199	199	and administer an inspection and permitting program for on-site
200	200	liquid waste systems;
201	201	(4) air quality management as provided in the
202	202	Air Quality Control Act;
203	203	(5) radiation control and collection of
204	204	license, registration and other related fees as provided in the
205	205	Radiation Protection Act;
206	206	(6) noise control;
207	207	(7) nuisance abatement;
208	208	(8) vector control;
209	209	(9) occupational health and safety as provided
210	210	in the Occupational Health and Safety Act;
211	211	(10) sanitation of public swimming pools and
212	212	public baths;
213	213	(11) plumbing, drainage, ventilation and
214	214	sanitation of public buildings in the interest of public
215	215	health;
216	216	(12) medical radiation, health and safety
217	217	certification and standards for radiologic technologists as
218	218	provided in the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Health
219	219	and Safety Act;
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249	249	tanks as provided in the Hazardous Waste Act; and
250	250	(14) solid waste as provided in the Solid
251	251	Waste Act [and
252	252	(15) carbon intensity of transportation fuels
253	253	as provided in Section 4 of this 2024 act, including
254	254	registration and related fees ].
255	255	B. Nothing in Subsection A of this section imposes
256	256	requirements for the approval of subdivision plats in addition
257	257	to those required elsewhere by law. Nothing in Subsection A of
258	258	this section preempts the authority of any political
259	259	subdivision to approve subdivision plats."
260	260	SECTION 3. Section 74-1-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1971,
261	261	Chapter 277, Section 11, as amended) is amended to read:
262	262	"74-1-8. BOARD--DUTIES.--
263	263	A. The board is responsible for environmental
264	264	management and consumer protection. In that respect, the board
265	265	shall promulgate rules and standards in the following areas:
266	266	(1) food protection;
267	267	(2) water supply, including a capacity
268	268	development program to assist water systems in acquiring and
269	269	maintaining technical, managerial and financial capacity in
270	270	accordance with Section 1420 of the federal Safe Drinking Water
271	271	Act of 1974 and rules authorizing imposition of administrative
272	272	penalties for enforcement;
273	273	(3) liquid waste, including exclusive
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302	302	authority to establish on-site liquid waste system fees that
303	303	are no more than the average charged by the contiguous states
304	304	to New Mexico for similar permits and services and to implement
305	305	and administer an inspection and permitting program for on-site
306	306	liquid waste systems;
307	307	(4) air quality management as provided in the
308	308	Air Quality Control Act;
309	309	(5) radiation control and establishment of
310	310	license and registration and other related fees not to exceed
311	311	fees charged by the United States nuclear regulatory commission
312	312	for similar licenses as provided in the Radiation Protection
313	313	Act;
314	314	(6) noise control;
315	315	(7) nuisance abatement;
316	316	(8) vector control;
317	317	(9) occupational health and safety as provided
318	318	in the Occupational Health and Safety Act;
319	319	(10) sanitation of public swimming pools and
320	320	public baths;
321	321	(11) plumbing, drainage, ventilation and
322	322	sanitation of public buildings in the interest of public
323	323	health;
324	324	(12) medical radiation, health and safety
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355	355	and Safety Act;
356	356	(13) hazardous wastes and underground storage
357	357	tanks as provided in the Hazardous Waste Act; and
358	358	(14) solid waste as provided in the Solid
359	359	Waste Act [and
360	360	(15) carbon intensity of transportation fuels
361	361	as provided in Section 4 of this 2024 act ].
362	362	B. Nothing in Subsection A of this section imposes
363	363	requirements for the approval of subdivision plats in addition
364	364	to those required elsewhere by law. Nothing in Subsection A of
365	365	this section preempts the authority of any political
366	366	subdivision to approve subdivision plats.
367	367	C. Administrative penalties collected pursuant to
368	368	Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of this section shall be
369	369	deposited in the water conservation fund.
370	370	D. On-site liquid waste system fees shall be
371	371	deposited in the environmental health fund.
372	372	E. Radiation license and registration and other
373	373	related fees shall be deposited in the radiation protection
374	374	fund."
375	375	SECTION 4. A new section of the Environmental Improvement
376	376	Act is enacted to read:
377	377	"[NEW MATERIAL] RULES FOR CLEAN TRANSPORTATION FUEL
378	378	STANDARD PROHIBITED.--The board shall not adopt or continue in
379	379	effect a rule providing for a clean transportation fuel
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409	409	SECTION 5. REPEAL.--Section 74-1-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
410	410	2024, Chapter 54, Section 4) is repealed.
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