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HOUSE BILL 333
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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FIRST SESSION
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2025
INTRODUCED BY
Joseph Franklin Hernandez and D. Wonda Johnson and Mark Duncan
and Derrick J. Lente and Michelle Paulene Abeyta
AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO
ASSESS AND CLEAN UP ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED CONTAMINATED SITES,
INCLUDING ABANDONED URANIUM MINING SITES, ACROSS THE STATE THAT
DO NOT HAVE VIABLE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES TO PAY FOR AND CONDUCT
CLEANUP ACTIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Fifty million dollars
($50,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
department of environment for expenditure in fiscal years 2026
through 2028 to assess and clean up abandoned or neglected
contaminated sites, including abandoned uranium mining sites,
across the state that do not have viable responsible parties to
fund and conduct cleanup actions. Any unexpended or
unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028
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