New Mexico State-Wide SIP-Approved Regulations Background Information

New Mexico State Environmental Improvement Board (NMEIB)

July 1998 to present

New Mexico State reromated the regulations in 20 NMAC, Chapter 2, to be consistent with the rest of the regulations in the New Mexico Administration Code but apparently never submitted the reformatted regulations to EPA as a SIP revisions. The more recent SIP-approved State-Wide in this web site regulations are in the new format whereas the previously SIP-Approved rules are in the format shown below.

Air Quality Control Regulations in New Mexico SIP as of July 1998

With the exeption of Part 74 (Prevention of Significant Deterioration), the New Mexico State SIP regulations shown in this directory were approved by EPA September 26, 1997 (62 FR 50514 to 50518) effective November 25, 1997. The regulations were renumbered and reformatted into the New Mexico Administrative Code (NMAC) as required by the New Mexico State Records Center. In addition to having renumbered and reformatted the regulations, standard administrative changes were made throughout all AQCRs, and revisions made to seven particular AQCRs. Part 74 was approved by EPA October 15, 1996 (61 FR 53639), at 52.1620(c)(62) effective December 16, 1996. These regulations replaced the New Mexico State Air Quality Control Regulations (AQCRs) in the New Mexico SIP. The old AQCRs are listed below.

The NMAC system is divided into Titles, Chapters, Parts and Sections. Title 20, Environmental Protection, includes all rules and regulations providing for the protection of the environment. Chapter Two of Title 20, Air Quality (20 NMAC 2.), contains the revised and recodified AQCRs of the NMEIB. Chapter Two is divided into Parts, which are further divided into Sections. The resulting NMAC for air quality is of the format: 20 NMAC 2.xxx.yyy, where xxx is the Part number and yyy is the Section number. Longer Parts have been divided into Subparts. RESERVED has been added to all nonexistent sections between subparts.

The following administrative sections have been added to each Part as required by the State Records Center:

100 ISSUING AGENCY
101 SCOPE
102 STATUTORY AUTHORITY
103 DURATION
104 EFFECTIVE DATE
105 OBJECTIVE
106 AMENDMENTS AND SUPERSESSION OF PRIOR REGULATIONS
107 DEFINITIONS
108 DOCUMENTS

Section 108, DOCUMENTS, has been added to some parts. Section 108 cites documents other than the NMAC, such as 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). All sections above are in Subpart I, GENERAL PROVISIONS, in Parts that have been divided into Subparts. In the regulations in this directory, the AQCR(s) the Part replaced is given in brackets after the title of the Part.

See the September 26, 1997, Federal Register, pages 50514 to 50518, for more information.

LIST OF NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT IMPROVEMENT BOARD
AIR QUALITY CONTROL REGULATIONS (AQCRs)
IN NEW THE MEXICO SIP PRIOR TO EPA APPROVAL OF RECODIFIED REGULATIONS.

AQCR# Regulation
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100. Definitions
110. Confidential Information Protection
200. Preamble
201. Ambient Air Quality Standards
301. Regulation to Control Open Burning
401. Regulation to Control Smoke and Visible Emissions
402. Woodwaste Burners
501. Asphalt Process Equipment
502. Cement Kilns
503. Gypsum Processing Plants
504. Particulate Emissions from Coal-Burning Equipment
505. Pumice, Mica and Perlite Process Equipment
506. Nonferrous Smelters - Particulate Matter
507. Oil Burning Equipment - Particulate Matter
508. Potash, Salt, or Sodium Sulfate Processing Equipment
509. Lime Manufacturing Plants - Particulate Matter
510. Fugitive Particulate Matter Emissions from Nonferrous Smelters
511. Fugitive Particulate Matter Emissions from Roads
        Within the Town of Hurley
601. Regulation Governing Emissions from Kraft Mills
602. Coal Burning Equipment - Sulfur Dioxide
603. Coal Burning Equipment - Nitrogen Dioxide
604. Gas Burning Equipment - Nitrogen Dioxide
606. Oil Burning Equipment - Nitrogen Dioxide
651. Sulfuric Acid Plants - Sulfur
652. Non-Ferrous Smelters - Sulfur
700. Filing and Permit Fees
701. Procedure for Requesting a Variance Hearing
702. Permits: Outline
702. Permits: Part 1. Definitions
702. Permits: Part 2. Permit Processing and Requirements
702. Permits: Part 4. Source Class Permit Streamlining
703.1. Notice of Intent & Emissions Inventory Requirements
704. Source Surveillance
705. Schedules of Compliance
706. Air Quality Maintenance Areas
707. Prevention of Significant Deterioration--Replaced
        by 20 NMAC Chapter 2, Part 74 on 10/15/96 (61 FR 53639)
        at 52.1620(c)(62) effective 12/16/96.
709. Permits-Nonattainment Areas
710. Stack Height Requirements
750/751 - NSPS/NESHAPs Regulations -- NOT IN SIP
801. Excess Emissions During Malfunction, Startup, Shutdown, or
        Scheduled Maintenance
901. To Control Emissions Leaving New Mexico
1001. Sampling Equipment
1101. Severability
1201. Effective Dates
1301. Conflicts

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This SIP Citation Was Last Modified on: 05/22/2000