N.M. Admin. Code § 3.4.20.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 3.4.20.9 - APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF TRANSPORTATION

A. To apply for the certificate of transportation, an applicant shall submit a complete application package to the energy conservation and management division of the department within 30 days of the end of the taxable year for which certification is sought. An applicant may obtain the application form from the energy conservation and management division of the department.

B. A complete application package shall include a certificate of transportation application form and all required attachments. An applicant shall submit one application package for each dairy or feedlot operation. All material submitted in the application package shall be provided on 81/2-inch x 11-inch paper.

C. The completed application form shall include the following information and documents:

(1) the applicant's name, mailing address, telephone number, taxpayer identification number and the dates of the taxable year for which application is being made;

(2) the address or public land survey system description of the location of the dairy or feedlot operation, including the county;

(3) a description of the dairy or feedlot operation, descriptions and photographs of equipment used to collect and to transport agricultural biomass;

(4) daily data showing the number of milking cows, dry cows and heifers present at the dairy or feedlot during the specified time period;

(5) a description of the qualified facility to which the biomass was transported, including the name and address of the operator;

(6) dated weigh or volume tickets for each truckload of waste leaving the agricultural biomass production facility, the classification of each truckload as either apron scrape, corral scrape or greenwater, and the destination of each load beginning on the first day of the specified period and no later than the last day of the specified time period for which certification is sought;

(7) totalizing flow meter readings showing the amount of pumped waste or greenwater leaving the agricultural biomass production facility and the amount and destination of any waste diverted from delivery to the qualified facility beginning on the first day of the specified time period and no later than the last day of the specified time period for which certification is sought;

(8) a statement, signed and dated by the applicant, which signature may be electronic if approved by the department, stipulating that:

(a) all information provided in the application package is true and correct;

(b) applicant has read the certification requirements contained in 3.4.20 NMAC;

(c) applicant understands that there are annual aggregate limits to the amount of biomass that will qualify for the agricultural biomass income tax credit;

(d) applicant understands that the department must certify the transportation of the biomass before the applicant is eligible for a tax credit; and

(e) to ensure compliance with 3.4.20 NMAC, applicant agrees that the division or its authorized representative may inspect the dairy or feedlot operation that is described in the application package at any time after the submission of the application package with not less than five business days notice to the applicant; and

(9) a signed statement from the operator of the qualified facility specifying the amount of the biomass received and identifying the dairy or feedlot from which it was received.

D. The application package shall meet 3.4.20 NMAC's requirements and be materially complete.

N.M. Admin. Code § 3.4.20.9

3.4.20.9 NMAC - N, 2/29/2012