New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 3 / February 11, 2025

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the New Mexico Livestock Board (NMLB) that on January 30 at 1:00 p.m the New Mexico Livestock Board during a special meeting at the New Mexico Gaming Control Board 4900 Alameda BLVD NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113, amended/repeal and replaced 21.30.4 NMAC AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING; ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY GENERAL PROVISIONS as an emergency rule amendment/repeal and replace.

The purpose of the proposed rule amendment/repeal and replace is to provide rules for Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) response that affect the safety and welfare of the public. The proposed rule amendment/repeal and replace involves the testing, disposition and compliance of EIA horses in 21.30.4 NMAC AGRICULTURE AND RANCHING; ANIMALS AND ANIMAL INDUSTRY GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Full copies of text of the emergency rule change can be obtained from the agency’s website at www.nmlbonline.com. To request a copy of the proposed rule by mail, contact the NMLB at (505)841-6161. Visit www.nmlbonline for instructions on how to attend the virtual public hearing.

Legal authority for this rulemaking can be found in the Livestock Code 77-2-7, et seq. NMSA 1978; 77-3-13, et. Seq. NMSA 1978; Livestock Board’s power to establish rules and regulations 77-2-7, et seq. NMSA 1978.

A public comment period and public hearing, pursuant to Section 14-4-5.3 NMSA 1978, State Rules Act, Public Participation, Comments, and Rule Hearings, will be held in order to adopt a permanent rule within 180 days of the effective date of January 30, 2025, for 6.12.14 NMAC, pursuant to 14-4-5.6 NMSA 1978, State Rules Act, Emergency rule.

Individuals with disabilities who require the above information in an alternative format are asked to contact Julie Gauman at 505-841-6161.