Section 9-7A-13 - Water quality control commission; exemptions from authority of secretary of environment.
9-7A-13. Water quality control commission; exemptions from authority of secretary of environment.
The water quality control commission shall receive staff support from the department of environment. All powers, duties and responsibilities of the water quality control commission under Sections 47-6-11, 74-6-3 through 74-6-8, 74-6-10 and 74-6-12 NMSA 1978 are hereby explicitly exempted from the authority of the secretary under provisions of Subsection B of Section 6 [9-7A-6 NMSA 1978] of the Department of Environment Act.