NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT
The New Mexico Environment Department(NMED), New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, and the New Mexico Office of Natural Resources Trustee announced Wednesday an $11 million settlement associated with the 2015 Gold King Mine blowout that released tons of toxic metals and acidic waste into the Animas and San Juan Rivers. The settlement is between the State of New Mexico and defendants Sunnyside Gold Corporation, which oversaw the construction of bulkheads that caused the Gold King Mine and nearby mines to fill with acidic mine water, and its parent companies Kinross Gold Corporationand Kinross Gold U.S.A., Inc. The $11 million paid to the State of New Mexico includes $10 million for environmental response costs and lost tax revenue, as well as $1 million to the Office of the Natural Resources Trustee for injuries to New Mexico’s natural resources.
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The New Mexico Attorney General is suing medical device sterilization company Sterigenics for emitting the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide in excess of permissible limits.
The suit alleges Sterigenics plant in Santa Teresa, New Mexico has harmed the environment and potentially threatened human health by emitting high amounts of ethylene oxide since 1989. Sterigenics’ sites in Georgia and Illinois were the focus of emission concerns in 2019.
A spokesperson for Sterigenics parent company Sotera Health called the claims baseless and said it would vigorously defend itself against the lawsuit. Law firms submitted hundreds of cases against Sterigenics last year and some observers expect the Biden administration to give momentum to the efforts.
High fraud cases in New Mexico related to pandemic
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Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 10:43 AM Credit card payments were the top listed fraudulent payments in 2020. PRNewsFoto
High fraud cases in New Mexico related to pandemic Credit card payments were the top listed fraudulent payments in 2020. PRNewsFoto Escuchar en Español:
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FARMINGTON – As the holidays come to a close and life returns to pandemic normal, consumers are urged to keep a watchful eye on their bank and credit card accounts as fraud cases in Farmington were reported to be higher in 2020 than 2019.
By city of las cruces
• Dec 29, 2020
The Office of the New Mexico State Auditor (OSA) has released a report involving a fraud examination and investigation initiated by the City of Las Cruces. The report identified serious conflicts of interest and revealed over $1.8 million in mishandled or misused City funds related to the Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau, income and spending by the Friends of Visit Las Cruces, various city-sponsored events including the Las Cruces Country Music Festival, and several vendors holding contracts or doing business with the City from 2016 through 2019. The City of Las Cruces is dedicated to transparency and accountability. We are happy that this report is being made public, so that citizens will know we take these items very seriously. The findings in this report have already resulted in many changes to make the City a better organization. I am also proud that the latest external audit did not show any repeat findin