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• UNM, UNM Sandoval, Presbyterian Hospital, Rust Medical Center, Kaseman, Presbyterian Santa Fe, Mountain
• Okay, UNM. Thank you, Madam Chair, Representative. Okay, I tried to follow that.
• Okay, UNM, UNM Sandoval, Presbyterian, Presbyterian Santa Fe, Mountain View, Memorial, and then...

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• Gentleman from Sandoval: So it will be the higher education institutions, UNM, NMSU.
• Speaker and Representative, the American Campus Communities, at least at UNM.
• UNM owns the land and the buildings that would be exempted by this.
• Speaker, gentleman, yes, the UNM will never be subject to to these kind of taxes because they are state-owned
• entity that will benefit from this tax break, based on their proximity and usage of a building owned by UNM

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• working with the National Family Connect Service Office to get certified for the Bernalillo metro area, UNM
• All babies born at UNM coming from the metro area, which you see the six counties there on the right.
• These are the number of births on average that are happening from those counties at UNM.
• So UNM will be our first, hopefully.

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• UNM is already the leading quantum computing higher education institution in the country because of their
• UNM is establishing a quantum boot camp this fall because most of the future jobs in quantum will actually

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• I then wanted to be a family doctor, and so I went to college at UNM. and I also wanted to live in Chicago
• There's this BA to MD program at UNM.
• Let's grow UNM, let's grow Burrell College, let's do more residency programs. And do you know what?

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• cases before them a long time ago, more than 15 years ago when I was at the clinical law program at UNM
• We had the UNM people, and then I had put... ...put the PDs and the DAs together on the panel with them
• I understand why; UNM folks didn't want to be in the political fray with the public defenders and the

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• I would hope that you collaborate with the other institutions or facilities, I should say, and with UNM
• Great to be back on UNM campus.
• Our first school-based clinic here at UNM opens this fall.

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• nine associate degrees in transfer programs that transfer to New Mexico State University as well as UNM
• rural college, they can go and participate in higher education in the same kind of facilities as CNM, UNM
• These were a topic of the UNM study from circa 2012 to 2013, and the USGS studies from 2017 to 2018.

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• I am representative for House District 18, that is the Knob Hill UNM CNM area.
• OK, in, in terms of that, we've been offered all kinds of places in Albuquerque, UNM, Presbyterian, um
• shortages, but we definitely need, uh, an updated and and detailed report by the School of Medicine UNM

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• Do you ever work with Project ECHO at UNM?
• I know that there is a branch of UNM Los Alamos up there. I don't see it mentioned on your slide.
• So with UNM Los Alamos, we worked with them on an engineering degree program.
• So we also have a pipeline program with the MBA for the Anderson School at UNM.
• . ...with the MBA for the Anderson School at UNM.

Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from the Environment Department on PFAS contamination in private wells in La Cienega, Santa Fe County. Staff said the plume likely came from historic use of firefighting foam associated with airport and National Guard fire-training activities, with possible additional contribution from septic systems and consumer products. They described the contamination as affecting about 200 private wells, the short-term response of providing residential filters through a $2 million legislative appropriation, and ongoing work to define the plume’s full extent, identify responsible parties, and consider longer-term regional water solutions. Members asked about filter costs, replacement schedules, disposal of used cartridges, follow-up testing, health studies, and whether cleanup or containment had begun; the department said cleanup would follow once the plume is fully mapped and that DOH is soliciting interest in a blood study. The committee also discussed the need to track disposal of PFAS filters and the possibility of broader statewide capacity for similar work. The committee then took up abandoned uranium mine cleanup. NMED and EMNRD staff reviewed the new uranium mine reclamation program created by HB 164, the state dashboard tracking sites, and the FY26 appropriation of $20 million for neglected contaminated sites, of which $12 million is being used for neglected uranium mines and the remainder for other contaminated sites. They said six contractors were hired, three priority sites in Grant County are moving forward quickly, and additional sites are being prepared for possible FY27 work. Members pressed for details on how funds are spent, why the revolving fund remains unfunded, how federal, state, tribal, and landowner requirements are coordinated, where contaminated material will be moved, and whether cleanup could also address homes built with contaminated materials. Staff said the work is governed by multiple regulatory layers, that the state is seeking an additional $25 million for FY27-FY28 plus a time extension, and that partnerships with tribes would require longer-term agreements. The committee also discussed federal cleanup efforts and the new Good Samaritan law, with members urging stronger advocacy for New Mexico sites, including tribal lands, and asking whether the Attorney General should pursue legal action against federal parties responsible for legacy contamination. Staff explained that some sites are already covered by settlement funds tied to responsible parties, while neglected sites are those with no responsible party and no other cleanup program. The committee then heard from EMNRD on Class VI carbon sequestration primacy. Staff said New Mexico currently has no operating Class VI wells, about 27 Class II acid-gas injection wells are operating, and only a small number might be candidates for conversion. They explained that the state’s primacy application would require more public outreach than federal rules alone, and that cost estimates for post-injection site care are based on long planning horizons, with some costs borne by operators and some by the state after closure. No votes were taken on the substantive items discussed; the committee approved the prior meeting minutes and took a brief recess between presentations.

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• My background in ecology and studies at UNM have really helped me look at what was going on with the
• We have studies here in New Mexico at UNM saying how many parts per million of plastics we Have in our
• At the same time, it is an opportunity for me and on behalf of my colleagues at UNM to underline the
• PFAS are forever chemicals, the specimens that are housed at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at UNM

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• UNM has a team in Sandoval County and has one just starting in Bernalillo County.
• Embedded is a collaboration with the UNM Hospital.
• And the call was from UNM, and I said I'm not missing it and putting him on for a year.
• The Alliance has been working in collaboration with our colleagues at UNM to conduct a return on investment

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• the report highlights how even some urban projects are exceeding $1,100 per square foot in cost, like UNM
• Now, if you would turn to page 4, that building, the CCAT building from UNM, you could see the design
• was, but the only way we're going to contain costs is with oversight in the construction process, and UNM
• To Western or to UNM: 'You're going to have to get some cost containment before we continue down this

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• Pharmacists often are the clinician in the rural area With competency training by UNM, they then have
• They do a lot of training at UNM.
• getting these pharmacists trained up assuming that they had the time and ability to make the trip to UNM

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• And it's very confusing that we're a state agency, but UNM is our fiscal agent. We have a lot of.
• , and it runs into issues over and over again but the state raises for state employees because it's UNM
• It is I feel like for two years, because being attached to UNM, it seems like at least the employees

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• A wide variety of these, including employees, the SNAP employees at New Mexico State University and UNM
• If I get this right, we have radio and then we have the radio at UNM.
• benefits, as we know exist for many other areas of the budget that support the SNAP employees at NMSU and UNM

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• We did have one that was written off because they lost the contract with UNM.
• From Sandia, Los Alamos, UNM, and New Mexico State.
• For example, half the quantum researchers around the world came through UNM.

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• I want to go to film school at UNM-Gallup Middle College High School.
• I go to school at UNM in Albuquerque, and my plan is to become a doctor.

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• Do you ever work with Project ECHO at UNM?
• I know that there is a branch of UNM Los Alamos up there. I don't see it mentioned on your slide.
• So with UNM Los Alamos, we worked with them on an engineering degree program.
• sort of continuous training, wanted to get a degree, and so we have a particular Relationship with UNM
• With the MBA for the Anderson School at UNM, those classes are offered, so they have a cohort that are

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• I too have traveled around the state and listened to doctors outside of UNM.
• I understand that there are different rules inside UNM versus the rest of the state.
• She became a doctor at UNM Medical School. She met my son-in-law, who I love. They're both doctors.