New Mexico Environment Department

The mission of the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is to protect and restore he environment, and to foster a healthy and prosperous New Mexico for all generations.

Our work is broad and includes the regulation and oversight of air, solid and hazardous waste, surface and groundwater quality, environmental and public health, drinking water, petroleum storage tank systems, radiation sources, and occupational health and safety. Through all of its statutory and regulatory programs and operations under both state and federal law, NMED has the chief executive function of protecting the environment and human health across the State. NMED’s extensive regulatory and enforcement authority over state, federal, and private sector entities impact all New Mexicans, directly and indirectly.