N.M. Admin. Code § 20.6.2.1201 - NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISCHARGE
A. Except for the notices specified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, any person intending to make a new
water contaminant discharge or to alter the character or location of an
existing water contaminant discharge, unless the discharge is being made or
will be made into a community sewer system or subject to the Liquid Waste
Disposal Regulations adopted by the New Mexico environmental improvement board ,
shall file a notice with the ground water quality bureau of the department for
discharges that may affect ground water , and/ or the surface water quality
bureau of the department for discharges that may affect surface water .
(1) Notices regarding discharges from
facilities for the production, refinement, pipeline transmission of oil and gas
or products thereof, the oil field service industry as related to oil and gas
production activities, oil field brine production wells, and carbon dioxide
facilities shall be filed with the oil conservation division of the energy,
minerals and natural resources department ,
(2) Notices regarding discharges related to
geothermal resources, as defined in Section
71-9-3 of the Geothermal Resources
Development Act , NMSA 1978, Sections
71-9-1 to -11 (2016) shall be
filed with the energy conservation and management division of the energy,
minerals and natural resources department .
B. Except for the notices specified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection any person intending to inject fluids
into a well , including a subsurface distribution system, unless the injection
is being made subject to the Liquid Waste Disposal Regulations adopted by the
New Mexico environmental improvement board , shall file a notice with the ground
water quality bureau of the department .
(1)
Notices regarding injections to wells associated with oil and gas facilities as
described in Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of
20.6.2.1201 NMAC shall be filed
with the oil conservation division .
(2) Notices regarding injections to wells
associated with exploration, development or production of geothermal resources,
as described in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of
20.6.2.1201 NMAC, shall be filed
with the energy conservation and management division of the energy, minerals
and natural resources department pursuant to the Geothermal Resources
Development Act , Sections
71-9-1 to -11, NMSA 1978
(2016).
C. Notices shall
state:
(1) the name of the person making the
discharge;
(2) the address of the
person making the discharge;
(3)
the location of the discharge;
(4)
an estimate of the concentration of water contaminants in the discharge;
and
(5) the quantity of the
discharge.
D. Based on
information provided in the notice of intent, the department will notify the
person proposing the discharge as to which of the following apply:
(1) a discharge permit is required;
(2) a discharge permit is not
required;
(3) the proposed
injection well will be added to the department 's underground injection well
inventory;
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