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CRRUA Meeting: Residents demand clean water

Mar 10, 2025 |

Paul Schulz
KIVA-7
March 10, 2025

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Several Sunland Park spoke at Monday’s Camino Real Regional Utility Authority board meeting, demanding clean water, regular testing and no changes to the rate over the next four years. …

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Long-stalled NM uranium mines now ‘priority projects’ at Cibola Forest, leader tells employees

Mar 3, 2025 |

Leaked recording reveals firings and disarray at agency 

By Patrick Lohmann
Source NM
March 3, 2025

The leader of the Cibola National Forest told Forest Service employees at a staff meeting Wednesday that the agency would be refocusing on “mission critical” areas like uranium mining, according to a recording of the meeting Source New Mexico obtained. Officials also told staff that 15 employees had been fired. …

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EPA Conducts On-site Inspection of CRRUA

Feb 13, 2025 | ,

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Inspection Follows Meetings with & Requests by Community Members

SUNLAND PARK, NM—On February 4, 2025, representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted an on-site inspection of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA). The EPA inspected CRRUA’s four arsenic treatment facilities, water wells and reviewed CRRUA’s operations and maintenance records. …

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EPA launches investigation into City of Albuquerque and City Council due to civil rights concerns

Feb 3, 2025 |

By Maria Fernandez
Daily Lobo
February 3, 2025

On Jan. 17, the Environmental Protection Agency announced an investigation into the City of Albuquerque and the Albuquerque City Council over allegedly discriminating against a South Valley neighborhood by taking action to prevent the adoption of a rule to reduce pollution in the area.

The investigation stems from two complaints filed by the Mountain View Coalition and the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. …

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