New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Owners and operators of each solid waste facility shall: (1) operate the facility in a manner that does not cause a public nuisance or create a potential hazard to public health, welfare or the environment; (2) control and mitigate odor and litter; and (3) post signs to indica…

All municipal and special waste landfill owners and operators shall: A. utilize the principles of sanitary engineering to: (1) confine the working face to the smallest practical area; (2) compact the solid waste to the smallest practical volume; and (3) minimize exposure of landf…

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A. Owners and operators of construction and demolition landfills shall comply with the following closure requirements. (1) A final cover of not less than 24 inches of approved material shall be placed over the entire surface of each portion of the final lift starting no later tha…

A. Within 30 days of closure, composting facility owners or operators shall: (1) remove all windrows and in-vessel compost material on the compost facility's real property; (2) remove or vegetate compacted compost material that may be left on the land; (3) drain ponds or leachate…

A. Owners or operators of solid waste facilities other than landfills shall comply with the following requirements: (1) cleanup of the area; (2) dismantling and removal of any improvements related to solid waste handling or disposal, if required in the approved closure plan, such…

This part applies to the transportation, storage, transfer, processing, transformation, recycling, composting, nuisance abatement and disposal of solid waste.

NMSA 1978, Sections 74-1-1 to 74-1-15, NMSA 1978, Sections 74-9-1 to 74-9-43, and NMSA 1978 Sections 74-13-1 to 74-13-20.

Permanent.

August 2, 2007, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of Part 6 of Chapter 9 is to establish regulations governing closure and post-closure care of solid waste facilities.

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A. Closure and post-closure care plans are required of all solid waste facilities that operated on or after May 14, 1989. The owner or operator of a solid waste facility that has closed but not submitted a closure and post-closure care plan shall submit such a plan within 180 day…

A. Owners and operators of municipal landfills and special waste landfills shall begin closure within 30 days after the landfill receives the final receipt of waste or within 30 days after approval of the closure and post-closure care plan, whichever is later. (1) Owners and oper…

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A. A written examination shall be administered at the conclusion of each training course. Certification requires a score of at least 70 percent on the examination. B. Results of the examination shall be forwarded to the trainee within 60 days after the date of the examination. A …

The department may issue certificates without examination to applicants who hold valid certificates or licenses issued by any state, territory, or foreign jurisdiction, provided, the department determines the requirements for such certification are equivalent to those set forth i…

A. To maintain certification, certified operators shall apply for recertification at least 30 days prior to the expiration date of their certification. B. Recertification shall be obtained by making application to the department and successfully completing: (1) an operator certif…

A. An operator's certification may be suspended or revoked by the secretary for: (1) failure to comply with the terms or conditions of a solid waste facility permit or a facility registration; (2) fraud, deceit or submission of inaccurate qualification information; (3) violation …

This part applies to all certified operators of solid waste facilities, composting facilities and recycling facilities.

NMSA 1978, Sections 74-1-1 to 74-1-15, NMSA 1978, Sections 74-9-1 to 74-9-43, and NMSA 1978 Sections 74-13-1 to 74-13-20.

Permanent.

August 2, 2007, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of Part 7 of Chapter 9 is to establish a rule governing operator certification requirements for operators of solid waste facilities, composting facilities and recycling facilities.

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A. Owners and operators of landfills and transformation facilities shall require the managers of those facilities to attend, at least once every three years, a training program offered by the department or department certified training program on the subject of environmental just…

A. All operator certification training courses, with the exception of the transformation facility operator training course, will be offered by the department or other approved authority at least once every twelve months. B. All operator certification training courses shall, at a …

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A. Any person who stores a special waste shall assure that the special waste is stored at designated special waste storage areas meeting the requirements of 20.9.8 NMAC. B. No person who stores special waste shall store the waste for longer than 90 days from the date the waste is…

A. The generator of a special waste shall document the physical and chemical characteristics of all special wastes for storage, transportation or disposal, by means of: (1) records of the results of analyses performed in accordance with this section as applicable; or (2) detailed…

A. The generator of asbestos waste shall prevent public access to asbestos wastes at the point of generation. Haulers of asbestos waste shall prevent public access to asbestos waste during transportation. B. Generators of asbestos waste shall determine whether the asbestos waste …

A. This section applies: (1) without regard to the quantity of infectious waste generated, to any generator of infectious waste including, but not limited to:(a) general acute care hospitals; (b) skilled nursing facility or convalescent hospitals; (c) intermediate care facilities…

A. Transporters of ash shall: (1) not accept or transport ash unless it has been treated or is securely covered or containerized to prevent release of fugitive dust; (2) cover vehicles to prevent fugitive dust loss during transport; and (3) line or seal vehicles in a manner to pr…

A. The generator of petroleum contaminated soil shall assure that all petroleum contaminated soils to be disposed, processed, composted, or transformed at a solid waste facility shall be tested under the requirements of 20.9.8.11 NMAC. (1) All soils that are suspected to be conta…

A. The owner or operator of a landfill may dispose or use sludge as an amendment to intermediate or final cover material provided: (1) the landfill owner or operator has been issued a permit to dispose of sludge or has received specific approval from the secretary to use sludge a…

The owner or operator of a solid waste facility that is authorized to accept offal shall have an approved disposal management plans for packing house and killing plant offal ensuring that, prior to disposal at the working face of a landfill, the wastes shall: A. pass the paint fi…

Any solid waste facility owner or operator who wishes to be permitted to receive special wastes that do not have specified disposal requirements shall submit a disposal management plan, as specified in Subsection C of 20.9.3.9 NMAC, to the department for approval.

A. Each generator or his authorized agent shall prepare a manifest to accompany each load of special waste, including: (1) the name, address and telephone number of the generator and origin of the special waste; (2) the name, address and telephone number of all haulers in the ord…

This part applies to the transportation, storage, transfer, processing, transformation, recycling, composting, nuisance abatement and disposal of solid waste.

NMSA 1978, Sections 74-1-1 to 74-1-15, NMSA 1978, Sections 74-9-1 to 74-9-43, and NMSA 1978 Sections 74-13-1 to 74-13-20.

Permanent.

August 2, 2007, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of Part 8 of Chapter 9 is to establish regulations governing the management of special waste, including manifest requirements for the transportation of special waste.

[RESERVED]

The generator of a special waste shall assure that the special waste is disposed of in a solid waste facility permitted to accept the special waste or treated at a permitted facility, prior to disposal, to render it a non-special waste.

A. No solid waste facility shall accept special waste unless the facility owner or operator has been issued a permit to accept that type of special waste for disposal, transfer, processing, or transformation. B. No person may incinerate infectious waste except in an infectious wa…

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