N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.7.9 - FORM REQUIREMENTS ON FEDERAL OR TRIBAL LANDS OR MINERALS

A. For wells on federal lands, accessing federal minerals or lands or minerals owned by a Native American nation, tribe, pueblo, or individual allottee in New Mexico, an operator shall file the applicable federal forms with the BLM (as may be updated from time to time by the BLM) in lieu of filing the following forms with the division:

(1) applications for permit to drill, deepen or plug back (C-101),

(2) sundry notices and reports on wells (C-103), and

(3) well completion or recompletion reports and logs (C-105).

B. For geophysical logs, electrical logs or other testing results obtained from a well on federal lands or minerals and required for the Form C-105, the operator shall submit an electronic copy of the results to the division using the online submittal process.

C. All such forms filed with the BLM involving federal lands or minerals are subject to division approval in the same manner and to the same extent as the corresponding division forms. All forms approved or processed to completion by the BLM for wells on federal lands or accessing federal minerals shall be filed with division for approval using the online application process on the division's website no later than the time period in the rules for the equivalent division form or five business days after the BLM approves or processes to completion if no deadline is provided, except:

(1) for subsequent reports of work performed that are first reported to the BLM on a C-103 or a C-105 equivalent, if within 30 days of submittal, the BLM has not approved or processed to completion such submittal, the operator shall within 10 days file the state equivalent form with the division; and

(2) once the BLM processes to completion or approves the federal submittal, the operator shall file within ten business days the submittal processed to completion or approved by the BLM.

D. All such forms filed exclusively for lands or minerals owned by a Native American nation, tribe, pueblo or individual allottee shall be filed with the division using the online application process on the division's website as soon as is practicable after federal approval or processing to completion. Such forms involving exclusively lands or minerals that a Native American nation, tribe, pueblo or individually allottee owns are not subject to division review or approval unless such review or approval is authorized by a written agreement between the Native American nation, tribe, pueblo and the division.

E. For other reports on wells on federal land or minerals, the operators shall file the applicable state forms with the division, including forms C-104 and C-115.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.7.9

19.15.7.9 NMAC - Rp, 19.15.1.16 NMAC, 12/1/08, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 16, August 23, 2022, eff. 8/23/2022