N.M. Admin. Code § 19.14.36.8 - NOTIFICATION OF FIRE, BREAKS, LEAKS, SPILLS AND BLOWOUTS
A. The division shall be notified of any
fire, break, leak, spill or blowout occurring at any geothermal drilling,
producing, transporting, treating, disposal or utilization facility in the
state of New Mexico by the person operating or controlling such
facility.
B. "Facility", for the
purpose of this rule, shall include any geothermal drilling, producing,
injection or disposal well; any pipeline through which geothermal resources or
the waste products thereof are gathered or transported; any tank or other
storage unit into which geothermal products, waters or wastes are produced,
received or stored; any treating plant in which geothermal resources are
treated or processed; any electrical generating plant in which geothermal
resources are utilized; and any drilling pit, slush pit or storage pit or pond
associated with geothermal drilling, producing, treating or utilization
processes in which hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon waste or residue, salt water,
strong caustics or acids, or other deleterious chemicals or harmful substances
are present.
C. Notification to the
division of such fire, break, leak, spill or blowout shall be in accordance
with the provisions set forth below:
(1) Well
Blowouts. Notification of well blowouts and/or fires shall be "immediate
notification" described below.
(2)
"Major" breaks, spills or leaks. Notification of breaks, spills, or leaks of
wellheads, pipelines, or tanks, or drilling pits, slush pits or storage pits or
ponds, the result of which 50 barrels or more of liquids containing
hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon wastes, salt water, strong caustics or strong acids
or other deleterious substances reach a water course or enter a stream or lake,
or in which noxious gases escape or any quantity of fluids are lost which may
with reasonable probability endanger human health or result in substantial
damage to property, shall be "immediate notification" described
below.
(3) "Minor" breaks, spills
or leaks. Notification of breaks, spills or leaks of wellheads, pipelines, or
tanks, or drilling pits, slush pits or storage pits or ponds, the result of
which 25 barrels or more but less than 50 barrels of liquids containing
hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon wastes, salt water, strong caustics or strong acids
or other deleterious substances are lost or in which noxious gases escape, but
in which there is no danger of human health nor of substantial damage to
property shall be "subsequent notice" described below.
(4) Fires. Notification of fires at
geothermal installations in which there is reasonable probability of danger to
human health or substantial damage to adjoining properties or substantial loss
of geothermal resources shall be "immediate notice" described below.
Notification of fires of lesser magnitude but of $500.00 or more of property
damage or $500.00 or more geothermal resources loss shall be "subsequent
notice" described below.
Notes
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