New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 10 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Part 14 - CULTURAL PROPERTIES ON PRIVATE LAND AND MECHANICAL EXCAVATION PERMITS
Section 4.10.14.10 - REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. HPD shall receive permit applications including attachments and maintain current files for each individual or firm who has a mechanical excavation permit.
B. HPD shall review all information submitted in support of the application for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with all qualifying requirements. When requested, the applicant shall remedy any inaccuracies or inadequacies specified by HPD before further review or processing of the permit application proceeds. HPD shall submit all completed applications for consideration at the next scheduled CPRC meeting. HPD may recommend to the CPRC that an application be tabled or rejected if the applicant fails to meet minimum qualifying criteria either upon initial receipt or through failure to respond adequately to a request for information.
C. The CPRC shall review and consider all completed applications for approval, approval with special stipulations, or denial, with the concurrence of the state archaeologist and the SHPO. The CPRC may table applications to be discussed at a future meeting pending receipt of additional information necessary to make a decision on the permit.
D. Any special stipulations attached to a permit by the CPRC, the state archaeologist, or the SHPO shall be specified in writing on the permit.
E. HPD shall notify the applicant in writing of the approval, approval with stipulations or denial of the permit by CPRC, with the concurrence of the state archaeologist and the SHPO.
F. Any applicant who has been denied a permit by the CPRC, the state archaeologist, or the SHPO shall have the right to appeal the decision pursuant to 4.10.8.24 NMAC.
