(A) The Solid Waste Management Regulations adopted by the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board pursuant to Section 74-1-8A(3) NMSA 1978 of the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Act, and any regulations adopted by the city and the county, shall be the minimum standards for the establishment and operation of public landfills.
(B) Landfills owned by the city and/or the county and operated by the city shall utilize all available appropriate technologies now existing and technologies which become available in the future, to minimize the impact of landfill operations on surrounding property, groundwater and the environment. In the normal course of its operations, the City Solid Waste Management Department shall evaluate the availability of such appropriate technologies.
('74 Code, § 6-29-2) (Ord. 42-1989; Am. Ord. 17-2005)