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NMED outlines $20 million plan to clean contaminated sites and abandoned uranium mines
Summary
The New Mexico Environment Department told the committee it will use a $20 million legislative appropriation to begin immediate cleanup of selected contaminated sites, remove leaking storage tanks, and start remediation at three abandoned uranium-mine sites in fiscal 2025-26.
The New Mexico Environment Department told the committee how it plans to use a $20 million legislative appropriation to address neglected contaminated sites, abandoned uranium mines and leaking petroleum tanks across the state.
Breakdown of priorities: NMED said it has allocated roughly $12 million toward uranium-mine projects, $2 million to petroleum-storage-tank corrective work, and the balance to neglected contaminated sites and program oversight. Officials provided project-level descriptions and implementation time frames for a first tranche of sites.
Selected projects and approach: at the former AREX refinery near Bloomfield, NMED said it will remove contaminated soil, abandon or replace monitoring wells…
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