§ 74-4H-2 — Definitions

As used in the San Juan Generating Station Facility and Mine Remediation and Restoration Study Act: A. "generating facility" means the abandoned coal-fired San Juan generating station in New Mexico; B. "mine" means the mine associated with the generating facility; C. "reclamation" means the rehabilitation of the generating facility and mine to make the generating facility and mine acceptable for post-mining purposes that protect the natural resources and aesthetic value of adjoining areas; D. "remediation" means the process of reversing or stopping environmental damage; E. "restoration" means the process of restoring site conditions to the state they were in before generating facility and mining disturbances; and F. "toxic metal contaminants" means the federal environmental protection agency's twenty-one identified constituents of concern in coal ash residue leachate, for which the federal environmental protection agency requires ground water monitoring. These constituents include boron, calcium, chloride, pH, sulfate, total dissolved solids, antimony, arsenic, barium, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, fluoride, lead, lithium, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, thallium and radium 226 and 228.

Legislative History

Laws 2023, ch. 185, § 2.