This rule was filed as State Engineer Rule 66-1, Article 7-3.
TITLE 19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 27 UNDERGROUND WATER
PART 24 BLUEWATER BASIN
19.27.24.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Office of State Engineer.
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19.27.24.2 SCOPE: [RESERVED]
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19.27.24.3 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: Adopted pursuant to the authority of Sections 72-2-8, 72-2-12 and 72-13-4, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978.
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19.27.24.4 DURATION: [Permanent]
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19.27.24.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1966
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19.27.24.6 OBJECTIVE: This Rule is formulated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the statutes governing underground waters and describing the present extent of all declared underground water basins in New Mexico.
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19.27.24.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
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19.27.24.8 BLUEWATER BASIN:
A. Lands included by the extension of May 14, 1976, are as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 9 North, Range 9 West, a point on the existing boundary of the Bluewater Underground Water Basin; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 33, Township 9 North, Range 9 West; thence east along township line to the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 8 North, Range 9 West; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 16, Township 8 North, Range 9 West; thence west along section lines to the intersection of the south section line of Section 15, Township 8 North, Range 13 West, with the Continental Divide; thence northerly along the Continental Divide to the intersection of the east line of Section 2, Township 15 North, Range 11 West; thence south along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 24, Township 15 North, Range 11 West; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 24; thence south along range line to the southeast corner of said Section 24; thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 25, Township 15 North, Range 10 West; thence south along range line to the southeast corner of said Section 25; thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 33, Township 15 North, Range 9 West; thence south along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 15, Township 14 North, Range 9 West; thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 13, Township 14 North, Range 9 West; thence south along range line to the northwest corner of Section 31, Township 14 North, Range 8 West; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 31; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said Section 31; thence east along township line to northeast corner of Section 5, Township 13 North, Range 8 West; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said Section 5; thence east along section lines to the intersection of the north line of Section 11, Township 13 North, Range 8 West with the west boundary of the Bartolome Fernandez Grant; thence south along said Grant boundary to southwest corner of said Grant; thence east along said Grant boundary to the intersection with the east line of Section 7, Township 13 North, Range 7 West; thence south along section lines to the northwest corner of Section 29, Township 13 North, Range 7 West; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 32, Township 13 North, Range 7 West; thence east along township line to the northeast corner of Section 5, Township 12 North, Range 7 West; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 20, Township 12 North, Range 7 West; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said Section 20; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of Section 30, Township 12 North, Range 7 West; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of said Section 30; thence south along range line to the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 12 North, Range 8 west; thence west along township line to the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 11 North, Range 8 West; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said Section 4; thence west along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 7, Township 11 North, Range 8 West; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of said Section 7; thence west along section lines to the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 11 North, Range 9 West; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of Section 11, Township 10 North, Range 9 West, a point on the existing boundary of the Bluewater Underground Water Basin; thence along the previously declared basin boundary, northerlv to the northwest corner of Section 4, Township 12 North, Range 9 West; thence west along existing boundary to the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 12 North, Range 12 West; thence southerly along existing boundary to the southeast corner of Section 36, Township 9 North, Range 11 West; thence east along existing boundary to the southwest corner of Section 33, Township 9 North, Range 9 West, and thence north along existing boundary to the point of beginning, being the northeast corner of Section 4, Township 9 North, Range 9 West.
B. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE MAP: See 7-3.1 Bluewater Basin,
PDF File 19.027.0024.8-Bluewater.]
[SE 66-1, Article 7-3; Recompiled 12/31/01]
HISTORY OF 19.27.24 NMAC:
Pre-NMAC History: The material in this Part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives:
SE 66-1, Rules and Regulations Governing Drilling of Wells and Appropriation and Use of Ground Water in New Mexico 1966, originally filed with the Supreme Court Law Library 11/1/66. Filed with the State Records Center 6/27/91.
SE 66-1, Amendment No. 10, 11/10/76.
History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]