New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 7 - WASTEWATER AND WATER SUPPLY FACILITIES
Part 2 - RURAL WATER SUPPLY, WASTEWATER AND SOLID WASTE INFRASTRUCTURE
Section 20.7.2.300 - ELEMENTS OF RANKING CRITERIA
Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.7.2.300
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The department's ranking procedures for water supply construction projects submitted pursuant to the RIA shall include evaluation of:
(1) microbiological, turbidity, inorganic,
organic, radiological, secondary parameters, and any other water quality
parameters determined by the department to be pertinent to the overall quality
of the water provided by the water supply facility;
(2) components of the water supply facility,
including but not limited to:
(a)
treatment;
(b)
disinfection;
(c)
storage;
(d) distribution
capacity;
(e) reliability of the
system;
(f) potential for emergency
assistance;
(g) need for
expansion;
(h) age of the system;
and
(i) overall condition of the
system; and
(3) the
number of individuals served by the local authority's water supply facility,
with a project serving a smaller number of individuals receiving a higher
ranking than a project serving a larger number of individuals.
B. The department's ranking procedures for wastewater facility construction projects submitted pursuant to the RIA shall include evaluation of:
(1)
stream standards, groundwater quality, quality of wastewater discharge, and any
other water quality parameters determined by the department to be pertinent to
the quality of surface or ground waters of the state.
(2) components of the wastewater facility,
including but not limited to:
(a)
collection;
(b) pumping;
(c) treatment;
(d) disposal;
(e) reliability of the system;
(f) potential for emergency
assistance;
(g) need for
expansion;
(h) age of the
system;
(i) overall condition of
the system; and
(3) the
number of individuals served by the local authority's wastewater facility, with
a project serving a smaller number of individuals receiving a higher ranking
than a project serving a larger number of individuals.
C. The department's ranking procedures for solid waste facility construction projects submitted pursuant to the RIA shall include evaluation of:
(1) current solid
waste standards within the state, any potential impact of current solid waste
systems to groundwater and/or surface water quality, closure or upgrades to
facilities that do not meet current state standards for liner and/or cover
systems, regionalization of substandard facilities, solid waste collection,
recycling, re-use or disposal facilities that do not meet current state
regulation(s) and/or have an administrative order for compliance in force at
the time of application, and any other solid waste practice standard determined
by the department to be pertinent to the overall quality of solid waste
collection, recycling, reuse, or disposal provided by the solid waste
facility.
(2) components of the
solid waste facility, including:
(a)
collection;
(b)
transportation;
(c)
disposal;
(d) storage;
(e) source separation;
(f) recycling;
(g) reuse;
(h) capacity;
(i) reliability of the system;
(j) age of the system;
(k) overall condition of the system;
and
(3) the number of
individuals served by the authority's solid waste system, with a project
serving a smaller number of individuals receiving a higher ranking than a
project serving a larger number of individuals.
D. New systems shall be rated by evaluating only those applicable elements of the ranking criteria listed in Subsection A, B or C of this section.
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