N.M. Admin. Code § 19.30.14.12 - INSPECTION AND DECONTAMINATION PROGRAM

A. Trained personnel may establish check stations to inspect all conveyances or equipment prior to entering, being launched onto or being directly exposed to any water body of the state. It shall be unlawful for an owner or person in control of a conveyance(s) or equipment to knowingly avoid an established check station.

B. It shall be unlawful for an owner or person in control of conveyances or equipment transported into New Mexico or registered in a state other than New Mexico to knowing introduce, launch or directly expose a conveyance(s) or equipment to any water body of the state without first receiving an inspection and/or decontamination by trained personnel. Proof of decontamination may be used in lieu of an inspection at the discretion of trained personnel.

C. The owner of a conveyance or equipment that is greater than or equal to 26 feet in length and will be transported into or within New Mexico shall notify the department aquatic invasive species program coordinator at least 14 days prior to the anticipated date of transport.

D. Upon completion of any conveyance or equipment inspection, trained personnel may require decontamination, re-inspection and additional drying time prior to the conveyance or equipment entering any water body of the state.

E. Trained personnel may affix a watercraft inspection and decontamination seal to a conveyance or equipment to serve as proof of decontamination or inspection. Conveyances or equipment with an intact watercraft inspection and decontamination seal with accompanying receipt may be allowed to enter a water body of the state without further inspection or decontamination upon verification by trained personnel.

F. It shall be unlawful for the owner or person in control of a conveyance(s) or equipment transported on a public road in New Mexico to have any plug or other barrier in place that prevents water drainage from bilge lines, ballast tanks, motor cooling systems, live wells, compartments and equipment.

G. It shall be unlawful for the owner or person in control of a conveyance(s) or equipment to fail to take reasonable measures upon exiting a waterbody to decontaminate all equipment, compartments or spaces that are wet, hold water or could transfer AIS, including aquatic vegetation.

H. Trained personnel may not self-inspect, decontaminate or attach a seal to their own conveyance or equipment.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.30.14.12

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 03, February 12, 2016, eff. 2/12/2016, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 13, July 11, 2017, eff. 7/11/2017