New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 20 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS
Section 19.8.20.2079 - SUPPORT FACILITIES AND UTILITY INSTALLATIONS

A. Support facilities required for, or used incidentally to, the operation of the mine, including, but not limited to, mine buildings, coal loading facilities at, or near, the mine site, coal storage facilities, equipment storage facilities, fuel storage facilities, chemical and lubricant storage facilities, fan buildings, hoist buildings, preparation plants, sheds, shops, and other buildings, shall be designed, constructed or reconstructed, and located to prevent or control erosion and siltation, water pollution and damage to public or private property. Support facilities shall be designed, constructed or reconstructed, maintained, and used in a manner which prevents to the extent possible using the best technology currently available damage to fish, wildlife, and related environmental values and additional contributions of suspended solids to streamflow outside the permit area. Any such contributions shall not be in excess of limitations of state or federal law.

B. All surface coal mining operations shall be conducted in a manner which minimizes damage, destruction, or disruption of services provided by oil, gas, and water wells, oil, gas, and coal-slurry pipelines; railroads; electric and telephone lines; and water and sewage lines which pass over, under or through the permit area, unless otherwise approved by the owner of those facilities and the director.