0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 62
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                     ELIZABETH T. STEFANICS
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURAL
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0013|     RESOURCES TRUSTEE TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT TERRERO
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0014|     MINE IS CLEANED UP AND REMEDIATED.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, the department of environment has worked
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0017|     tirelessly and diligently to see that Terrero mine is cleaned up
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0018|     and remediated; and
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0019|       WHEREAS, water quality in the area around Terrero and the
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0020|     communities downstream as far as Pecos has been seriously
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0021|     degraded; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, public health is threatened until all
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0023|     contamination has been remediated;
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0024|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0025|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the department of environment be
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0001|     commended for its diligence in seeing that the environmental
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0002|     impacts from Terrero mine are cleaned up and contamination is
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0003|     remediated; and
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0004|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department of environment
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0005|     continue its efforts in behalf of residents in the area and that
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0006|     among these efforts the department pursue the following:
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0007|       A.  the testing of village wells;
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0008|       B.  geologic tests by Amax;
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0009|       C.  the drilling of a second well;
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0010|       D.  extension of water lines to the landfill and mine site,
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0011|     including materials and labor;
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0012|       E.  connection of residents to the lines; and
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0013|       F.  reimbursement of private well owners whose wells are
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0014|     not valid; and
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0015|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0016|     transmitted to the secretary of environment and to the natural
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0017|     resources trustee.
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