As used in the Environmental Improvement Act: A. "board" means the environmental improvement board; B. "carbon intensity" means the quantity of fuel lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of fuel energy, expressed in grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule; C. "department" or "environmental improvement department" means the department of environment; D. "fuel lifecycle" means an assessment of the aggregate greenhouse gas emissions based on science-based models or protocols, including direct emissions and significant indirect emissions from indirect land use change, all stages of fuel and feedstock production and distribution, feedstock generation or extraction through the distribution, delivery and use of the finished fuel by the consumer, including consideration of storage, transportation and combustion; E. "on-site liquid waste system" means a liquid waste system, or part thereof, serving a dwelling, establishment or group, and using a liquid waste treatment unit designed to receive liquid waste followed by either a soil treatment or other type of disposal system. "On-site liquid waste system" includes holding tanks and privies but does not include systems or facilities designed to receive or treat mine or mill tailings or wastes; F. "person" means the state or any agency, institution or political subdivision thereof, any public or private corporation, individual, partnership, association or other entity and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any political subdivision or public or private corporation; G. "residential on-site liquid waste system" means an on-site liquid waste system serving up to four dwelling units; H. "secretary" means the secretary of environment; and I. "transportation fuel" means electricity or a liquid, gaseous or blended fuel, including gasoline, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and hydrogen, sold, supplied, used or offered for sale to power vehicles or equipment for the purposes of transportation. History: 1953 Comp., § 12-19-3, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 277, § 3; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-12-3 by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9; 1973, ch. 340, § 2; 1977, ch. 253, § 34; 1982, ch. 73, § 21; 1991, ch. 25, § 29; 1997, ch. 139, § 3; 2024, ch. 54, § 1. The 2024 amendment, effective May 15, 2024, added definitions for "carbon intensity", "fuel lifecycle" and "transportation fuel" to the Environmental Improvement Act; added a new Subsection B and redesignated former Subsection B as Subsection C; added a new Subsection D and redesignated former Subsections C through F as Subsections E through H, respectively; and added a new Subsection I. The 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, rewrote this section to such an extent that a detailed comparison would be impracticable. The 1991 amendment, effective March 29, 1991, substituted "department of environment" for "environmental improvement division of the health and environment department" in Subsection A; deleted former Subsection B which read "'director' means the director of the environmental improvement division"; and designated former Subsections C and D as present Subsections B and C. Law reviews. — For annual survey of New Mexico law relating to administrative law, see 13 N.M.L. Rev. 235 (1983).
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