The purpose of this part is to provide for the regulation of persons installing, replacing, repairing, modifying, testing, and removing storage tank systems that contain regulated substances in order to assure that storage tank systems are being installed, replaced, repaired, modified, tested, and removed in a manner which shall not encourage or facilitate leaking, and which shall protect the public health, safety and welfare and the environment of the state.
N.M. Admin. Code § 20.5.105.6