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Dossier · Who's Who
Cindy Hollenberg
Chief of NMED's Air Quality Bureau, who on July 1, 2026 recommended that a public hearing be held on the Project Jupiter air permit.
At a glance
- Current role
- Chief, Air Quality Bureau, NM Environment Department (NMED)[1]
- Category
- Agency staff
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Verification
- primary-source — Read off the primary document itself
- In the record
- 1 sources · 1 connections · 1 dated entries
- Record id
- PJP189
Key facts
- 2026-04-27The bureau received the YGI Microgrid application on April 27, 2026 and ruled it complete on May 27.[1]
- 2026-07-01On July 1, 2026, wrote to Cabinet Secretary James Kenney, through Division Director Michelle Miano, recommending a public hearing.[1]
- The memorandum cites “approximately 6,700 public comments,” “with comments both supporting and opposing the application,” and “significant public interest” under 20.2.72.206 NMAC.[1]
- 2026-07-01Kenney checked “I concur” and signed the same day; the docket opened the next day.[1]
The record
Chief of the Air Quality Bureau at the New Mexico Environment Department — the bureau that received the YGI Microgrid application on April 27, 2026 and ruled it complete a month later. On July 1, 2026 she wrote to Cabinet Secretary James Kenney, through Division Director Michelle Miano, recommending that a public hearing be held.
Her stated grounds were the volume of comment and "significant public interest" under 20.2.72.206 NMAC. Kenney checked "I concur" and signed it by DocuSign the same day; the docket opened the next day. The hearing that has since been scheduled, accelerated, fought over, stayed and left unheld exists because a bureau chief asked for it and a cabinet secretary said yes.
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