Legal Opinion
Gila Res. Info. Project, Amigos Bravos, Turner Ranch Props., L.P. v. New Mex. Water Quality Control Comm'n
New Mexico Supreme Court
Decided March 8, 2018No. NOS. S-1-SC-35279; S-1-SC-35289; S-1-SC-35290PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAKAMURA, Chief Justice.
{1} In September 2013, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission (the Commission) adopted the Copper Mine Rule, 20.6.7 NMAC (Copper Rule). Petitioners argue that the Copper Rule violates the Water Quality Act (WQA), NMSA 1978, §§ 74-6-1 to -17 (1967, as amended through 2013) because it is premised on an impermissible construction of the statutory phrase "place of withdrawal of water for present or reasonably foreseeable future use." Section 74-6-5(E)(3). Petitioners assert that, as a consequence of this impermissible construction of the statutory phrase, the…
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