184 initiated measures; 88 solved in April 2025

NMED News:

Santa Fe-Die New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) celebrates the two-year anniversary of the initiative for Enforcement Watch-Ein Program, with which the public is to be enabled to enforce the department of the department in terms of environmental, public health and security programs for workers care.

The enforcement observation was introduced in May 2023 and divides monthly updates of enforcement measures and their resolutions.

These updates are largely divided into two categories:

• Active matters: Courageal violations of state regulations, rules, permits or licenses that are currently examined or pending.
• Dissolved matters: cases that were solved in court or administratively, including the full payment of civil law punishments.

This month, the focus is on the Ned Food Safety Program under the environmental health office. The Program for Food Safety program enables brick and mortar restaurants, grocery cars, school cafeterias, grocery stores, food service at temporary events such as festivals and other shops in which food is prepared or manufactured for public consumption.

In the past two years, the food safety program from 7537 to 7882 has recorded growth of the number of such institutions in New Mexico. In the financial year 25 (July 1, 2024 to March 30, 2025), approximately 85% or 4010 -approved institutions with healthy standards were observed.

Enforcement observation contributes to this decline in violations. Employees of the food safety program say that many companies state the program as a motivating factor for the proactive prevention of violations or the quick correction.

“I am proud of our 55 employees of the food safety program who dramatically increases the number of inspections carried out since 2023,” said William Chavez, head of the Environmental Health Bureau. “Enforcement observation has strengthened our proactive approach to identifying and coping with potential risks to ensure that food served in our community is safe and responsibly prepared.”

“Inspections for food services help protect New Mexicans of all ages and visitors to our state,” said Bruce Baizel, Director of Compliance and Entry Director of Ned. “After a great increase in violations in 2024 in connection with expired permits or the failure to receive approval, we see signs that Food Service operators operate in a way that seriously protects their customers' health.”

In 2023, the Ned 9,270 Compliance Inspections employees carried out throughout the state. In 2024, this number rose to 9,802 inspections, which corresponds to an increase in 532 inspections or 5.7% compared to the previous year. The department is still obliged for transparency, accountability and data -controlled decisions to control its environmental protection efforts in 2025 and beyond.

NMED continues to increase the enforcement observation platform with the plans to improve the data size and to expand the historical records. The department encourages the public to report suspected violations via the platform and to contribute to a cleaner and safer New Mexico.

In April, 184 new entries were added to the listing of the active affairs and 88 moved to the list of dissolved affairs.

The new addition of the report included:

• 149 Announcements on violations of the drinking water office
• 13 Messages on violations that were issued by the food safety program at food facilities in retail, which could not pay their approval fee in good time, which led to a late fee of $ 25
• 12 announcements about violation
• 5 Information on violations in public pools/spas Bureau
• 3 messages about violations in the Air Quality Bureau
• 2 messages about violation

The following enforcement cases were solved in April:

• 57 cases in the food safety program
• 16 cases in the drinking water office
• 12 cases in the Hazardous Waste Bureau
• 1 case in the fixed waste office
• 1 suitcase in the petroleum warehouse tank bureau
• 1 case in the radiation control office

The highlights of alleged violations and dissolved cases in April are:

• The program for food safety program has issued A Announcement of the violation To taste Vegas LLC in Silver City, the Alzheimer's special care institute in Rio Rancho and twenty-five other institutions in the whole state for operation without valid approval for food facilities.
• The Air Quality Bureau pretended a Administrative order to the DCP operating company of Houston for 17 violations of their approval or New Mexico Air regulations in seven compressor systems in the counties Eddy and Lea.
• The drinking water office spent a Announcement of the violation of dollar general in Veguita so that no public announcement about a violation of the water system in February 2025.
• The fixed waste office made A out Announcement of the violation In order to demonstrate the Luna County Transfer Station in Deming because they do not maintain the daily protocols and do not provide records, the regulations for fixed waste in New Mexico.
• The Labor and Security Office for Health and Security Authorities issued A Quote and notification about the punishment At Tesuque Stuck Company LLC in Santa Fe that employees have not trained to recognize dangers, while they are built with scaffolding and work under violation of 29 CFR 1926.454 (A).
• Ned had a Dealed matter With the white sand rocket area for an undated container with universal waste -aerosols during the recent inspection, which was corrected during the inspection. Ned and White Sands Raksile Range remain in discussions about the inspection results in the GJ24.

Enforcement Watch offers the public, the business world, the environmental entrepreneur and the urban governments easy access to determine which organizations that Ned claims to violate regulations against regulations, permits, permits and/or the department. It is updated when violations are claimed or solved. Retrospective enforcement matters are added if personnel resources allow this. Organizations remain on assertiveness until the alleged violations to the satisfaction of the department are corrected.

The simplest way for an organization not to appear on the enforcement guard is to keep away primarily by fully complying with the applicable regulations. NMED encourages organizations that are unclear their official responsibility to contact a consultant and to carry out a conformity test by third parties and to reveal potential violations.

NMED offers detailed compliance and enforcement metrics in the section Compliance measures of the Quarterly performance report.

The complete enforcement clock can be considered https://www.env.nm.gov/enforcement-watch.