N.M. Admin. Code § 19.11.2.8 - INFORMATION TO STATE ENGINEER
A. The
division shall notify the office of state engineer when it receives an
application for a geothermal well permit or geothermal facility
permit.
B. When the applicant
proposes to reinject all ground water as soon as practicable into the same
ground water source from which it was diverted, resulting in no new depletion
to the source, the division shall also provide the state engineer all
information available to the division regarding the proposed diversion and
reinjection and shall request the opinion of the state engineer as to whether
existing ground water rights sharing the same ground water source may be
impaired.
C. If the state engineer
determines that the information provided is sufficient to render an opinion and
it is the opinion of the state engineer that any existing ground water rights
may be impaired, the division, upon receipt of the opinion of the state
engineer, shall notify the applicant or permittee who shall submit to the
division by the date specified in the notification a plan of replacement for
any existing ground water rights that are likely to be
impaired.
Notes
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