Legal Opinion
NMAC New Mexico Mining Ass'n v. New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided November 22, 2006No. 25,186, 25,191PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CASTILLO, Judge.
{1} In this ease, we review the action of New Mexico’s Water Quality Control Commission (Commission) in revising the water quality standard for uranium in groundwater. We conclude that the Commission properly amended the standard pursuant to NMSA 1978, § 74-6-4(C) (2003), and that credible scientific data existed in the record to support its action. Appropriate review of Appellants’ remaining concerns can be conducted only after the standard has been applied to a fact-specific situation. Accordingly, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
{2} In October 2002, the New Mexico…
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