{"id":27486,"date":"2025-11-13T15:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=27486"},"modified":"2025-11-14T07:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T14:58:11","slug":"new-mexico-water-commission-vacates-tainted-decision-to-hear-oil-and-gas-fracking-waste-discharge-rulemaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/new-mexico-water-commission-vacates-tainted-decision-to-hear-oil-and-gas-fracking-waste-discharge-rulemaking\/","title":{"rendered":"La comisi\u00f3n de aguas de Nuevo M\u00e9xico anula una decisi\u00f3n viciada sobre la normativa de descarga de aguas residuales de la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hoy, la Comisi\u00f3n de Control de Calidad del Agua (WQCC) se reuni\u00f3 para considerar a los organismos de vigilancia del agua.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/2025.09.29-No.-WQCC-25-34R-AB-SC-WELC-Mot-DQ-and-Vacate-Vote.pdf\">mociones de recusaci\u00f3n<\/a> comisionados que, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/governors-office-leaned-on-cabinet-heads-to-get-fracking-waste-regulation-change-over-the-finish\/article_74c64d36-035b-4699-9719-1de1e882571d.html\">periodismo de investigaci\u00f3n<\/a> Tras revelarse la decisi\u00f3n, tomada bajo presi\u00f3n de la gobernadora Michelle Lujan Grisham y el secretario del Departamento de Medio Ambiente de Nuevo M\u00e9xico (NMED), James Kenney, de impulsar una norma redactada por la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas que permite el vertido de aguas residuales t\u00f3xicas de la industria petrolera y gas\u00edfera en Nuevo M\u00e9xico, la Comisi\u00f3n de Control de la Calidad del Agua (WQCC, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) vot\u00f3 7-4 para anular su decisi\u00f3n del 8 de julio de llevar a cabo la normativa propuesta por la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas para revertir la prohibici\u00f3n, recientemente implementada, del vertido de aguas residuales de la industria petrolera y gas\u00edfera. Esto, en la pr\u00e1ctica, reinicia el proceso, y se espera que el problema vuelva a surgir, idealmente sin la presi\u00f3n pol\u00edtica externa de la gobernadora Lujan Grisham y su gabinete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa comisi\u00f3n actu\u00f3 correctamente hoy al dejar atr\u00e1s cualquier irregularidad y evitar cualquier apariencia de mala conducta\u201d, declar\u00f3 Tannis Fox, abogada principal del Western Environmental Law Center. \u201cLa ciudadan\u00eda se toma muy en serio el tema del agua limpia y el peligro que representan los vertidos de aguas residuales de la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas para nuestros r\u00edos, arroyos y tierras. Esperamos que la comisi\u00f3n aplique este mismo enfoque preventivo a cualquier petici\u00f3n relacionada con vertidos de aguas residuales de la industria del petr\u00f3leo y el gas en el futuro. La votaci\u00f3n de hoy restablece la confianza en el organismo regulador independiente del agua\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa votaci\u00f3n de la Comisi\u00f3n para anular la audiencia fue apropiada y demostr\u00f3 un retorno a la integridad en la toma de decisiones relacionadas con la protecci\u00f3n de la calidad de los r\u00edos, arroyos y aguas subterr\u00e1neas de Nuevo M\u00e9xico\u201d, declar\u00f3 Rachel Conn, subdirectora de Amigos Bravos. \u201cFelicitamos a la Comisi\u00f3n por defender las normas institucionales de las que dependemos para obtener decisiones justas e imparciales sobre el futuro del agua en el estado\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos habitantes de Nuevo M\u00e9xico conf\u00edan en que la comisi\u00f3n base sus decisiones, sin interferencias, en la experiencia t\u00e9cnica y la ciencia independiente de las agencias estatales\u201d, declar\u00f3 Dale Doremus, del Cap\u00edtulo R\u00edo Grande del Sierra Club. \u201cEste es un asunto crucial que solo debe considerarse bajo circunstancias irrefutables, conforme a la norma 100%. Proteger nuestras valiosas y escasas aguas subterr\u00e1neas y superficiales de contaminantes t\u00f3xicos que pueden poner en peligro la salud humana y el medio ambiente es demasiado importante como para aceptar cualquier otra alternativa\u201d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos habitantes de Nuevo M\u00e9xico merecen transparencia y rendici\u00f3n de cuentas por parte de la comisi\u00f3n encargada de proteger nuestras aguas, y la votaci\u00f3n de hoy representa un paso en la direcci\u00f3n correcta. Agradecemos que la comisi\u00f3n se haya comprometido a mantener la integridad de este proceso\u201d, declar\u00f3 Haley Jones, de la organizaci\u00f3n Ciudadanos Comprometidos con el Futuro en el Sureste de Nuevo M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n<p><b>Contactos:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tannis Fox, Centro de Derecho Ambiental Occidental, 505-629-0732, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;to&#x3a;&#x66;&#x6f;&#120;&#64;w&#x65;&#x73;&#x74;&#101;&#114;n&#x6c;&#x61;&#x77;&#46;&#111;r&#x67;\">fox@westernlaw.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Conn, Amigos Bravos, 575-770-8327, <a href=\"m&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;:&#114;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6e;&#x6e;&#64;a&#109;&#x69;&#x67;&#x6f;sb&#114;&#97;&#x76;&#x6f;&#x73;&#46;&#111;&#114;&#x67;\">rconn@amigosbravos.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dale Doremus, Cap\u00edtulo Sierra Club R\u00edo Grande, 505-795-5987, <a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#111;&#58;&#x64;&#x6f;r&#101;&#109;&#x75;&#x73;w&#97;&#x74;&#x65;&#x72;&#64;&#103;&#x6d;&#x61;i&#108;&#46;&#x63;&#x6f;m\">doremuswater@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) met to consider water watchdogs\u2019 motions to disqualify commissioners who, investigative reporting revealed, voted under duress from Gov. 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