New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 5 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PERMITS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Section 19.8.5.502 - CONTINUED OPERATION UNDER FEDERAL PROGRAM PERMITS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
A permit issued by the office of surface mining and reclamation pursuant to a federal program for a state shall be valid under any superseding state program approved by the secretary of the U.S. department of interior.
A. The federal permittee shall have the rights to apply to the state director for a state permit to supersede the federal permit.
B. The director may review a permit issued pursuant to the superseded federal program, to determine that the requirements of the act and 19.8 NMAC Parts 1-35 are not violated by the federal permit.
C. To the extent that the approved state program contains additional requirements not contained in the federal program for the state, the director shall: