NMED Meetings on Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction Operations


The New Mexico Environment Department will be hosting Public Listening Sessions for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SIP Call for Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction (SSM) Operations.

On May 22, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final action to ensure states have plans in place that are fully consistent with the Clean Air Act and recent court decisions concerning startup, shutdown and malfunction (SSM) operations.

In response to this final action, the New Mexico Environment Department Air Quality Bureau will be required to revise 20.2.7 NMAC – Excess Emissions during Malfunction, Startup, Shutdown, or Scheduled Maintenance. The Air Quality Bureau will host a series of listening sessions to provide the opportunity for interested citizens and industry representatives to provide input to the Air Quality Bureau and to ask questions regarding the final action. The locations and times are as follows:

December 2, 2015 – 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Roswell Public Library, 301 N Pennsylvania Ave, Roswell, NM 88201

December 10, 2015 – 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the Farmington Museum at Gateway Park, 3041 East Main St, Farmington, NM 87402

December 15, 2015 – 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM at the NMED Air Quality Bureau, 525 Camino de los Marquez, Suite 1, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Please RSVP for the December 15th meeting in Santa Fe due to limited seating.

For more information and to RSVP please contact Robert Spillers at 505-476-4324 or email at robert.spillers@state.nm.us.