New Mexico Statutes

N.M. Stat. § 74-4-2 (2026)

Purpose

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The purpose of the Hazardous Waste Act is to help ensure the maintenance of the quality of the state's environment; to confer optimum health, safety, comfort and economic and social well-being on its inhabitants; and to protect the proper utilization of its lands.

History: 1953 Comp., § 12-9B-2, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 313, § 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: McDaniel v. United States of Am. (D.N.M. 2022).

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McDaniel v. United States of Am. (D.N.M. 2022). · cites it 2× “" N.M. Stat. Ann. § 74-4-2 . The enforcement provision of the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act does not provide for private causes of action.”

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