New Mexico Environment Department
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The New Mexico
Environment Department is responsible for protecting the environment of the state of New Mexico
and the health of its inhabitants. It was established in the Department of the Environment Act (40th Legislature) in 1991. The department has around 650 employees and covers areas including environmental health and protection, air quality, occupational health and safety, radiation control, water management and petroleum storage tank management.
The Executive Staff is as follows:
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
Environment Department is responsible for protecting the environment of the state of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
and the health of its inhabitants. It was established in the Department of the Environment Act (40th Legislature) in 1991. The department has around 650 employees and covers areas including environmental health and protection, air quality, occupational health and safety, radiation control, water management and petroleum storage tank management.
The Executive Staff is as follows:
- Mary Rose, Acting Director of the Environmental Protection Division
- Jim H. Davis, Ph.D. Director of the Resource Protection Division
- Butch Tongate, Acting Director of the Field Operations & Infrastucture Division
- Ryan Flynn, General Counsel
- Mary Montoya, Acting Director of the Information Technology Division & Acting Chief Information Officer
- Cathy G. Atencio, Administrative Services Division Director
- Edward Smith, Chief Financial Officer