0001|                    SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 1
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SPECIAL
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0003|     SESSION, 1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                         TOM RUTHERFORD
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO TRANSFER HAZARDOUS WASTE AUTHORITY
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0013|     FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TO THE OIL CONSERVATION
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0014|     DIVISION OF THE ENERGY, MINERALS AND NATURAL RESOURCES
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0015|     DEPARTMENT.
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0016|     
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0017|       WHEREAS, the oil conservation division of the energy,
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0018|     minerals and natural resources department currently regulates
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0019|     the oil and gas industry; and
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0020|       WHEREAS, hazardous wastes that are created by the oil and
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0021|     gas industry during exploration, production and processing are
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0022|     regulated by the department of environment; and
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0023|       WHEREAS, the oil conservation division and the department
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0024|     of environment are negotiating an interagency agreement to
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0025|     transfer responsibility for regulating oil and gas hazardous
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0001|     wastes;
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0002|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
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0003|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the governor be requested to expedite
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0004|     negotiations between the energy, minerals and natural resources
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0005|     department and the department of environment to transfer
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0006|     authority for regulation of oil and gas hazardous wastes from
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0007|     the department of environment to the oil conservation division,
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0008|     to the extent such authority for a transfer is provided in law,
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0009|     and report on progress and effectiveness of the transfer to the
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0010|     appropriate legislative committee by December 1, 1998; and
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0011|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
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0012|     transmitted to the governor and to the secretaries of
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0013|     environment and energy, minerals and natural resources.
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