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Michelle Miano

Director, Environmental Protection Division, NM Environment Department (NMED)
verification: confirmed

NMED's Environmental Protection Division director, one of the senior officials who appeared in agency contractor Apaluma's promotional video, which was later taken down.

At a glance

Current role
Category
Agency staff
Jurisdiction
State of New Mexico
Verification
confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
In the record
1 sources · 1 connections · 1 dated entries
Record id
PJP69

Key facts

  • 2025-11Appeared in Apaluma's promotional video endorsing the agency contractor's product, around November 2025.[1]
  • 2026-05-31The video was taken down by May 31, 2026.
  • 2026-07-01The Air Quality Bureau's July 1, 2026 memorandum recommending a public hearing on the permit went to the Cabinet Secretary through Miano.

The record

NMED's Environmental Protection Division Director — one of the senior officials who appeared in Apaluma's promo video endorsing the agency contractor's product; the video was later taken down.

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In the timeline · 1

Jul 1, 2026The hearing exists because roughly 6,700 people wrote in

Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.

In the Watch · 1

eventThe Apaluma promo video — Kenney stars, then it vanishes

Sources · 1

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The decision was due July 21. Instead: a public hearing — first set for October, then moved up to September 14 at the applicant’s request — and a ruling due by November 23. A $165B question for one desert county, on a schedule that keeps moving. The clock above always shows the next date that matters. Until the ruling, and after, this is the public watch on how it’s being made.