New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 25 - ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF WATER - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 10 - REVIEW AND ELIGIBILITY OF PROPOSED WATER PROJECTS
Section 19.25.10.9 - WATER PROJECT PROPOSAL, PROCEDURES AND APPROVAL PROCESS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. The authority will administer an outreach program to notify qualifying entities that water project proposals are being accepted to identify water projects for review by the project review committee and the board for recommendation for funding to the state legislature as qualifying water projects.
B. The authority will provide forms and guidelines for water project proposals and financial applications.
C. The authority staff will forward all completed water project proposals from qualified applicants for qualified water projects to the project review committee. The project review committee will consider the water project and may confer with outside parties, including any local interdisciplinary teams familiar with the water project, as necessary to obtain more information on the feasibility, merit, and cost of the water project. The project review committee will make a recommendation to the board on each water project proposal.
D. Upon the recommendation of the project review committee, the board will evaluate the qualifying water projects for recommendation to the legislature.
E. After completion of the review process by the project review committee and the board and receipt of a favorable recommendation on the water project proposal, the water project will be recommended by the board for approval by the state legislature, which recommendation and approval are required by Sections 72-4A-5 and 72-4A-9 NMSA 1978.
F. No later than January of each year, the board will recommend to the legislature a list of projects recommended for funding. After the legislature authorizes qualifying water projects, the project review committee will review evaluations of financial applications and water project proposals prepared by staff and recommend to the board a final list of projects to be authorized by the board for funding by the authority. The authority will provide financial assistance for qualifying projects as authorized by the legislature under policies jointly established by the board and authority.
