New
Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII, Issue 14 / July 26, 2022
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the State Fire Marshal (“Fire Marshal”), pursuant
to the New Mexico Insurance Code, NMSA 1978, Section 59A-52-1.1, proposes to adopt a new rule, 10. 25.5 NMAC, Fire
Prevention and Public Occupancy
PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED NEW RULE IS: Adopt the 2021 International Fire Code as the New Mexico
Fire Code.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: NMSA 1978, Section 59A-52-15.
Copies
of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and proposed rule are available by
electronic download from the State Fire Marshal’s Office website State Fire Marshal | NM Department of Homeland Security
& Emergency (nmdhsem.org) or the New Mexico
Sunshine Portal.
The
State Fire Marshal’s Office will hold a public video/telephonic hearing on the
proposed rule on September 9, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
Join
via Video: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODBhMDY4YjgtYTlkOS00NTljLWJhMWYtN2Q1NGY4MWM5ZTZi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2204aa6bf4-d436-426f-bfa4-04b7a70e60ff%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2282a20906-2ea9-4bb2-8e9c-8aee38adbfc6%22%7d
Join
via telephone: 1-505-312-4308 Meeting ID: 254 182 961 706 Passcode: 7grvvp
The
Fire Marshal designates Bureau Chief John Kondratick to act as the hearing
officer for this rulemaking. Oral
comments will be accepted at the video/telephonic hearing from members of the
public and any interested parties.
Written comments and proposals will be
accepted through 4:00 pm on September 6, 2022. Responses to
written comments or oral comments will be accepted through 4:00 pm on September
7, 2022. Comments
may be submitted via email to john.kondratick@state.nm.us or may be filed by
sending original copies to:
New
Mexico Fire Marshal’s Office, New Mexico Department of Homeland Security
13
Bataan Blvd., PO Box 27111, Santa Fe, NM. 87502
Only
signed statements, proposals, or comments will be accepted. Scanned or
electronic signatures conforming to federal and state court requirements will
be accepted with the understanding that if there is any dispute regarding a
signature, the Fire Marshal reserves the right to require that original
signatures be provided to verify the electronic signature. All filings must be
received between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
except on state holidays. Any filings after 4:00 will be filed to the docket
the next business day.
SPECIAL NEEDS: Any person with a disability who is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language
interpreter, or other auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the
hearing should contact Danielle Gonzales at 505-476-0874 ten (10) business days
prior to the hearing.
The Fire Marshal will
consider all oral comments and will review all timely submitted written
comments and responses.
ISSUED
this 14th day of July 2022
/S/Chief
John Kondratick