New Mexico Administrative Code

A. If a person violates the provisions of the Act or the rules promulgated pursuant to the Act or an order or permit issued pursuant to the Act, the division may assess the person a civil penalty of $2,500 for each violation. In the case of a continuing violation, each day of vio…

All persons who engage in the exploration, development or production of a geothermal resource.

Geothermal Resources Development Act, Section 71-9-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 (2016).

Permanent.

February 27, 2018, except where a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of 19.11.3 NMAC is to establish procedures for hearings before the energy conservation and management division pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Development Act, Section 71-9-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 (2016).

The applicant or permittee, affected persons or interested persons may file a request with the division for a permit hearing. The person requesting a permit hearing or an attorney representing that person shall sign the hearing request. The director shall generally grant a permit…

A. The division shall publish notice of a permit hearing in the name of the "State of New Mexico", signed by the director stating: (1) the time and place for the hearing; (2) the hearing requestor's name and address, or address of the requestor's attorney, including an e-mail add…

Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, Energy Conservation and Management Division.

Permittees shall construct and case all geothermal wells in a manner to protect or minimize damage to life, health, property, ground water and surface waters, geothermal resources, other natural resources, the environment and the public welfare. No permittee shall construct, oper…

The permittee shall take all necessary precautions to always keep wells under operational control and mechanical integrity. The permittee shall install BOPE, capable of shutting in the well during any operation, on the surface casing and always maintained ready for use. If necess…

The division shall establish operating limitations, for all production or injection wells, deemed necessary to protect life, health, correlative rights, property, natural resources, the environment or the public welfare. The permittee shall operate all wells within the operating …

A. Well construction testing and monitoring. (1) The permittee shall log all injection or production wells with an induction electrical log, or equivalent, or by gamma-neutron log after running casing. The permittee shall log the well from the bottom of the hole to the bottom of …

The permittee shall maintain all records, notifications and reports, according to the following timelines, at the well location, if the well is associated with an operating surface facility, or at the permittee's business office located within the state of New Mexico. A. Recordke…

A. General. The permittee shall maintain all well heads, separators, pumps, mufflers, manifolds, valves, pipelines and other equipment of geothermal resources in good condition to prevent loss of or damage to life, health, property, natural resources, the environment or the publi…

A. Prior to plugging and abandoning a geothermal well, the permittee shall file with the division an application for permission to abandon and plug a geothermal well. The application shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the proposed activity. This condition applies onl…

All geothermal resources permit applications shall include details regarding the design, construction and operation of a system designed to temporarily store and dispose of drilling wastes and other process fluids during periods of well or facility maintenance. The division will …

Depth below bottom of pit to ground water less than 10,000 mg/l TDS Constituent Method* Limit** =<50 feet Chloride EPA 300.0 600 mg/kg 51-100 feet Chloride EPA 300.0 10,000 mg/kg >100 feet Chloride EPA 300.0 20,000 mg/kg *Or other test methods approved by the division **Numerical…

Depth below bottom of pit to ground water less than 10,000 mg/l TDS Constituent Method* Limit** 25-50 feet Chloride EPA 300.0 20,000 mg/kg 51-100 feet Chloride EPA 300.0 40,000 mg/kg >100 feet Chloride EPA 300.0 80,000 mg/kg *Or other test methods approved by the division **Numer…

All persons who engage in the exploration, development or production of a geothermal resource.

Persons disposing of geothermal resources, residue of geothermal resources or nondomestic waste from the exploration, development or production of geothermal resources shall do so in a manner that does not constitute a hazard to life, health, property, natural resources, the envi…

Geothermal Resources Development Act, Section 71-9-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 (2016).

Permanent.

February 27, 2018, except where a later date is cited at the end of a section.

The objective of 19.11.4 NMAC is to establish rules to ensure the exploration, development and production of geothermal resources is conducted in a manner that safeguards life, health, property, natural resources, the environment and the public welfare, and to encourage maximum e…

Any well drilled for the exploration, development or production of geothermal resources or as an injection well shall be located 100 feet or more from and within the outer boundary of the parcel of land on which the well is situated, or 100 feet or more from a public road, street…

A permittee shall notify the division with: A. a written notice of intent to engage in any one of the following activities: (1) make a minor change in the operation of the well (minor changes include changing capillary tubing, pulling or replacing a pump or any other change the d…

Energy and Minerals Department, Oil Conservation Division, P.O. Box 2088, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

All geothermal operations, exploratory, drilling and producing, shall be conducted in a manner that will afford maximum reasonable protection to human life and health and to the environment.

Nothing in these rules shall be construed to supersede the authority which any state department or agency has with respect to the management, protection and utilization of the state lands and resources under its jurisdiction.

It is recognized by the division that all persons conducting geothermal operations on United States government land shall comply with the United States government regulations. Such persons shall also comply with all applicable state rules and regulations which are not in conflict…

After notice and hearing, the division may grant approval for the combining of two or more contiguous leases into a unitized area for purposes of exploration for and production of geothermal resources.

The division will determine whether a particular well or field is a high-temperature geothermal well or field or a low-temperature thermal well or field, as the case may be, and will, from time to time, classify and reclassify wells and name pools accordingly, and will determine …

Forms for written notices, requests and reports required by the division will be furnished upon request.

The division may from time to time enter into arrangements with state and federal governmental agencies, industrial committees and other persons, with respect to special projects, services and studies relating to conservation of geothermal resources.

Any person who had drilled or is drilling or proposes to drill any geothermal well shall file a "designation of agent" (on a form approved by the division) with the division. The designated agent shall be a resident of this state and shall be the repository for all well records o…

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[November 15, 1983]

A. The following geothermal rules and regulations are of statewide application and have been adopted by the oil conservation division of the New Mexico energy and minerals department to conserve the natural geothermal resources of the state of New Mexico, to prevent waste, and to…

A. "Commission" shall mean the oil conservation commission. B. "Condensate" shall mean the liquid recovered from the condensation of gases or steam produced from a geothermal reservoir. C. "Correlative rights" shall mean the opportunity afforded, insofar as is practicable to do s…

The division, its agents, representatives, and employees are charged with the duty and obligation of enforcing all statutes, rules and regulations of the state of New Mexico relating to the conservation of geothermal resources. However, it shall be the responsibility of all geoth…

A. The production or handling of geothermal resources of any type or in any form, or the handling of products thereof, in such a manner or under such conditions or in such an amount as to constitute or result in waste is hereby prohibited. B. All owners, operators, contractors, d…

Energy and Minerals Department, Oil Conservation Division, P.O. Box 2088, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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