IPANM’s legal challenge to New Mexico’s Ozone Precursor Rule will proceed after the New Mexico State Court of Appeals assigned a three-judge panel to rule on the case. The court announced this decision on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, with the publication of the announcement of the three judges assigned to the ruling panel.

The case now enters a new phase, with the court taking action on IPANM’s full briefing of the case that was submitted in 2023. IPANM is arguing that the New Mexico Ozone Precursor Rule was established without merit or science-based facts on the levels of methane emitted from smaller production wells.