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60-day Public Comment Period for NASA White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Draft Permit Modification

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) intends to issue a Class 3 hazardous waste permit modification to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the owner and operator of White Sands Test Facility (WSTF). This permit modification will accomplish two actions: 1) document sites where corrective action is complete, and 2) to revise the permit to include language that supports the hazardous waste definition amendment for aqueous film-forming foam containing intentionally added per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances [PFAS].


The NASA WSTF is a test facility established in 1962 in support of the National Space Program. WSTF occupies over 60,000 acres in Doña Ana County in south-central New Mexico, 18 miles northeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico and 65 miles north of El Paso, Texas.


The 60-day public comment period began on February 21, 2026 and ends on April 22, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. The public notices (in English and Spanish), the Fact Sheet, and Draft Permit may be found here: https://www.env.nm.gov/hazardous-waste/nasa/

You can now submit your comments online using the Public Comment Portal located at 

https://nmed.commentinput.com/?id=N6gKkZQBH


Requests for public hearing shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons why a hearing should be held. A hearing will be held if NMED determines that there is substantial public interest. After the administrative record for a permitting action is complete and all required information is available, NMED will approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove the Permit based on the administrative record. 



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The public comment period for this Draft Hazardous Waste Permit modification for NASA WSTF will run from February 21, 2026 through April 22, 2026. Any person who wishes to comment on this action should submit written in the box provided on this page or e-mail comments with the commenter's name and address to neelam.dhawan@env.nm.gov . Only written comments received on or before 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2026, will be considered.

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