Permits, Certificates, and License

The New Mexico Environment Department is wholly or in part responsible for the issuance of permits, certificates, or licenses concerned with health, safety and environmental issues.

 

The procedure necessary to process a permit follows these steps:

1. Requester applies
2. Application evaluated for completeness
3. Filing fees collected
4. Develop plan for evaluation of application
5. Determine need for public notice
6. Determine need for public hearing
7. Accept public input
8. Conduct evaluation to include testing and inspections
9. Disapprove or approve with stated conditions
10. Exercise signature authority
11. Inform requester
12. Process appeal of denial
13. Forward for compliance monitoring

Listed below are the bureaus and programs that issue permits, certificates and licenses.

• Air Quality -- Forms Index
• Drinking Water (Existing System - Modification and Constructions, New System)
• Food Permits
• Ground Water
  Ground Water Discharge Permit Application
• Liquid Waste (Septic)
• Nuisance Abatement
• Radiation Technologist Program
• OSHA Federal
• Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau
• RCRA Federal
• Solid Waste (Landfills)
• Surface Water
• Swimming Pools
• Underground Storage Tanks