This rule was filed as Rule G-302.

TITLE 19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 14 GEOTHERMAL POWER

PART 72 NOTICE

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

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19.14.72.2 SCOPE: [RESERVED]

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19.14.72.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: [RESERVED]

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19.14.72.4 DURATION: [RESERVED]

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19.14.72.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: [November 15, 1983]

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19.14.72.6 OBJECTIVE: [RESERVED]

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19.14.72.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

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19.14.72.8 NOTICE: Prior to commencement of plugging operations, notice of intention to plug shall be filed with the division, and approval thereof obtained by the owner or operator of the well. This shall be accomplished by filing form G-103, sundry notices and reports on geothermal wells, which notice shall outline the casing and cementing program of the well, the casing which is to be pulled, the size of proposed cement plugs and their depth and such other information as may be pertinent. In the case of newly drilled wells which are to be plugged, verbal authority and instructions may be given by the division to plug the well provided written notice to plug shall be subsequently filed within 30 days and approval thereof obtained. Written approval or verbal approval of a plugging program shall be subsequently filed within 30 days and approval thereof obtained. Written approval or verbal approval of a plugging program shall be contingent upon evidence being furnished that the plugging program for the well is such as to prevent damage to any producing zone, migration of fluids from one zone to another, the waste or contamination of useable underground waters or other natural resources and the leakage of any substance at the surface, all as substantiated by the filing of form G-105, geothermal resources well log, and form G-106, geothermal well summary report, with the request for approval of the plugging program. Filing of these forms may be delayed as provided in Rule G-205 C [now 19.14.56.10 NMAC] and Rule G-206 C [now 19.14.57.10 NMAC] if a division representative has had access to and has inspected the data and materials described in Rule G-200 B [now 19.14.51.9 NMAC]. Also see Rule G-203 A [now Subsection A of 19.14.54.8 NMAC], Rule G-203 c (4) [now Paragraph (4) of Subsection C of 19.14.54.8 NMAC] and Rule G-303 A [now of 19.14.73.8 NMAC].

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HISTORY OF 19.14.72 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History: The material in this Part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives:

Rule G-302, Notice, 11/1/83.

History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]