Author: Elysia Bunten

Current Office of the New Mexico Natural Resources Trustee Seeks Public Comment on Draft Cimarron Canyon Restoration Plan (February 17, 2021) New Mexico settles with mining companies responsible for 2015 Gold King Mine disaster...

Draft plan proposes projects to restore natural resources injured by 2016 Fuel Spill (Albuquerque, NM) — The New Mexico Office of the Natural Resources Trustee (ONRT) announced today that it is seeking public comment...

Spill History: On Dec. 27, 2016, a Fronk Oil tanker truck carrying petroleum products overturned in icy winter conditions on U.S. Hwy 64, releasing approximately 1,100 gallons of unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel into...

NM, Navajo Nation get $21M in Gold King Mine spill settlement (January 13, 2021) Silver City sewer project marks end of mining settlement (January 8, 2021) Restoring the River (December 31, 2020) Texas company...

Oil Pollution Act settlement brings $150,000 for resource restoration CIMARRON – New Mexico Natural Resources Trustee Maggie Hart Stebbins today announced a settlement with Texas-based Fronk Oil Company that resolves an Oil Pollution Act...

New Mexico State-Tribal Collaboration Act State-Tribal Collaboration Act FY2020 Agency Report State Tribal Executive Orders, Agreements and Policy Statements: ONRT Tribal Consultation and Collaboration Policy Executive Order No. 2005-004 : Statewide Adoption of Pilot...

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December 12, 2019 Maggie Hart Stebbins Appointed Natural Resources Trustee Position is critical to restoring New Mexico’s natural resources SANTA FE — Today, the New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee is pleased to...

“Every citizen has a fundamental right to have access to public records.” Board of Com’rs of Dona Ana County v. Las Cruces Sun-News, 2003-NMCA-012, 134 N.M. 283. The Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA),...

Site History: Chevron Mining Inc. site facilities (Site) includes the underground workings, open pit, waste rock, tailings impoundments, and the tailings pipeline. Releases of hazardous substances, including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, lead, manganese, and zinc, from...