New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement
Article 6 - Water Quality

Section 74-6-1 - Short title. - Chapter 74, Article 6 NMSA 1978 may be cited as...

Section 74-6-2 - Definitions. - As used in the Water Quality Act: A. "gray water"...

Section 74-6-3 - Water quality control commission created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.) - A. There is created the "water quality control commission" consisting...

Section 74-6-3.1 - Legal advice. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.) - A. In the exercise of any of its powers or...

Section 74-6-4 - Duties and powers of commission. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.) - The commission: A. may accept and supervise the administration of...

Section 74-6-5 - Permits; certification; appeals to commission. - A. By regulation, the commission may require persons to obtain...

Section 74-6-5.1 - Disclosure statements. - A. The commission by regulation may require every applicant for...

Section 74-6-5.2 - Water quality management fund created. - There is created in the state treasury the "water quality...

Section 74-6-6 - Adoption of regulations and standards; notice and hearing. - A. No regulation or water quality standard or amendment or...

Section 74-6-7 - Administrative action; judicial review. - A. Except as otherwise provided in the Water Quality Act,...

Section 74-6-8 - Duties of constituent agencies. - Each constituent agency shall administer regulations adopted pursuant to the...

Section 74-6-9 - Powers of constituent agencies. - Each constituent agency may: A. receive and expend funds appropriated,...

Section 74-6-10 - Penalties enforcement; compliance orders; penalties; assurance of discontinuance. - A. Whenever, on the basis of any information, a constituent...

Section 74-6-10.1 - Civil penalties. - A. Any person who does not comply with the provisions...

Section 74-6-10.2 - Criminal penalties. - A. No person shall: (1) discharge any water contaminant without...

Section 74-6-11 - Emergency; powers of delegated constituent agencies; penalties. - A. If a constituent agency determines upon receipt of evidence...

Section 74-6-12 - Limitations. - A. The Water Quality Act does not grant to the...

Section 74-6-13 - Construction. - The Water Quality Act provides additional and cumulative remedies to...

Section 74-6-14 - Recompiled. - Recompilations. — Former Section 74-6-14 NMSA 1978, as amended by...

Section 74-6-15 - Confidential information; penalties. - A. Records, reports or information obtained by the commission or...

Section 74-6-16 - Effect and enforcement of Water Quality Act during transition. - A. All rules, regulations, water quality standards and administrative determinations...

Section 74-6-17 - Termination of agency life; delayed repeal. - The water quality control commission is terminated on July 1,...