New Mexico Environment Department Updates Public Comment Portal Following Fraud Reports

NMED Updates Public Comment System Following Alleged Fraud

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has changed the way it handles public comments following complaints that New Mexicans’ names were used without their knowledge during a public hearing process involving a proposed air quality permit. Through the new system, anyone who submits a comment through the NMED online public comment portal using an email address will receive an automated message confirming the department’s receipt o…