Limitations

The New Mexico Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act does not authorize the commission or department to require a permit that: A. takes away or modifies a property right in water, except that the discharge of a pollutant to waters of the United States without a permit shall not be a property right in water; B. affects the relation between employers and employees with respect to or arising out of a condition of water quality; or C. supersedes or limits the applicability of a law relating to industrial health, safety or sanitation. History: Laws 2025, ch. 112, § 19.