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| SPONSOR: | Tsosie | DATE TYPED: | 02/25/99 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | San Felipe Solid Waste Control | SB | 733 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Kehoe | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY99 | FY2000 | FY99 | FY2000 | ||
| $ 189.0 | Recurring | General | |||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
New Mexico Environment Department
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 733 appropriates $189,000 from the general fund to the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs to fund a solid waste control program, including a trash collection component at the Pueblo of San Felipe in Sandoval County.
Significant Issues
As of the1990 census, San Felipe Pueblo has a population of 1,567 and a median family income of $17,250. San Felipe Pueblo's solid waste program currently consists of 3-cubic yard dumpsters placed throughout the pueblo, and a makeshift transfer station with two 40-cubic yard containers to receive large items. The household waste is delivered to dumpsters by tribal staff in fully automated refuse trucks once a week, and then transported to the Sandoval County landfill. The pueblo contracts with a private firm to haul the two 40-cubic yard containers the landfill.
According to the Environment Department, the pueblo is having a problem with illegal dumping and open burning of refuse. The proposed equipment in Senate Bill 733 would be to provide door-to-door household refuse collection service and to provide hauling of the larger 40-cubic yard dumpsters. The equipment would help eliminate illegal dumping, open burning and the need for contracting the hauling would save the pueblo an estimated $20,000 per year.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
It should be noted that the state appropriation would be used to implement a program that could not be monitored or regulated by the state.
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