Solid waste incineration prohibited.

  1. Law
  2. New Mexico Statutes
  3. Environmental Improvement
  4. Solid Waste Incineration
  5. Solid waste incineration prohibited.

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No solid waste shall be disposed of by incineration in New Mexico until the environmental improvement board adopts regulations under the provisions of Section 74-2-5.2 NMSA 1978. As used in this section:

A. "solid waste" means solid waste as defined in the Solid Waste Act [74-9-1 to 74-9-43 NMSA 1978]; and

B. "incineration" means the process of reducing combustible solid waste designed to achieve complete combustion by means of a device or chamber.

History: Laws 1989, ch. 279, § 1; 1990, ch. 99, § 70.

ANNOTATIONS

Cross references. — For the Solid Waste Act, see 74-9-1 NMSA 1978 and notes thereto.


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