Font ResizeSANTA FE - The New Mexico Environment Department Air Quality Bureau has completed a draft for periods exceeding federal air quality standards for particulate matter in southern New Mexico during calendar year 2008. This document demonstrates to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that dust storms generated by high winds, rather than man-made sources, caused a violation of the national standard for particulate matter in the air. Without this demonstration, certain areas of the state would be in violation of the federal standard and subject to stricter air quality rules and requirements.
The document is available for review at the Environment Department's field offices and website at www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb, the Branigan Public Library in Las Cruces, the Marshall Memorial Library in Deming, or by contacting the Department at 1-800-224-7009.
