Each constituent agency shall administer regulations adopted pursuant to the Water Quality Act, responsibility for the administration of which has been assigned to it by the commission.
History: 1953 Comp., § 75-39-7, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 190, § 7.
Commission may delegate authority to administer regulations. — Where the commission gives the environmental improvement division the authority to administer certain regulations, there is no unlawful delegation of authority. Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp. v. New Mexico Water Quality Control Comm'n, 1982-NMCA-015, 98 N.M. 240, 647 P.2d 873.
Law reviews. — For article, "The Assurance of Reasonable Toxic Risk?," see 24 Nat. Resources J. 549 (1984).
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 74 - Environmental Improvement
Section 74-6-3 - Water quality control commission created. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.)
Section 74-6-3.1 - Legal advice. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.)
Section 74-6-4 - Duties and powers of commission. (Repealed effective July 1, 2026.)
Section 74-6-5 - Permits; certification; appeals to commission.
Section 74-6-5.1 - Disclosure statements.
Section 74-6-5.2 - Water quality management fund created.
Section 74-6-6 - Adoption of regulations and standards; notice and hearing.
Section 74-6-7 - Administrative action; judicial review.
Section 74-6-8 - Duties of constituent agencies.
Section 74-6-9 - Powers of constituent agencies.
Section 74-6-10 - Penalties enforcement; compliance orders; penalties; assurance of discontinuance.
Section 74-6-10.1 - Civil penalties.
Section 74-6-10.2 - Criminal penalties.
Section 74-6-11 - Emergency; powers of delegated constituent agencies; penalties.
Section 74-6-12 - Limitations.
Section 74-6-13 - Construction.
Section 74-6-15 - Confidential information; penalties.
Section 74-6-16 - Effect and enforcement of Water Quality Act during transition.
Section 74-6-17 - Termination of agency life; delayed repeal.