New Mexico Mining Ass'n v. Water Quality Control Comm'n

ELR Citation: ELR 20110
No(s). 25-814 (N.M. Ct. App. May 10, 2007)

A New Mexico appellate court upheld the state's definition of "surface waters." In 2005, the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission revised New Mexico's definition of surface water by eliminating language referring to interstate commerce to ensure that the state has plenary power within its bor...