This rule was filed as State Engineer Rule 66-1, Article 7-26.
TITLE 19 NATURAL
RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 27 UNDERGROUND
WATER
PART 25 CANADIAN RIVER BASIN
19.27.25.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Office of the State Engineer.
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19.27.25.2 SCOPE: [RESERVED]
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19.27.25.3 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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19.27.25.4 DURATION: [Permanent]
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19.27.25.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1966
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19.27.25.6 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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19.27.25.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]
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19.27.25.8 CANADIAN
RIVER BASIN:
A. The lands declared within the Canadian River Basin on May 8, 1973, are as follows: Beginning at the point where the New Mexico-Colorado State line intersects the topographic drainage boundary between the Rio Grande and the Canadian River at the Taos County-Colfax County line, a point on the existing boundary of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin; thence east along said State line to its intersection with the east topographic drainage boundary of the Canadian River on the north line of Section 21, Township 32 North, Range 25 East, N.M.P.M., near state line mile corner 68; thence southerly along the east topographic drainage boundary of the Canadian River to the point common to the Carrizo Creek drainage boundary and the Ute Creek drainage boundary near the NE corner of Section 16, Township 27 North, Range 26 East; thence south along section line to the SE corner of said Section 16; thence west along section lines to the SE corner of Section 13, Township 27 North, Range 25 East; thence south along range line to the SE corner of Section 1, Township 17 North, Range 25 East; thence west along section lines to the SE corner of Section 4, Township 17 North, Range 23 East; thence south along section lines to the SE corner of Section 16, Township 17 North, Range 23 East; thence west along section lines to the SW corner of Section 18, Township 17 North, Range 23 East; thence south along range line to the SE corner of Section 24, Township 17 North, Range 22 East; thence west along section lines to the SE corner of Section 22, Township 17 North, Range 22 East; thence south along section line to the SE corner of Section 27, Township 17 North, Range 22 East; thence west along section line to the SW corner of said Section 27; thence south along section line to the SE corner of Section 33, Township 17 North, Range 22 East; thence west along township line to the SW corner of Section 32, Township 17 North, Range 21 East, a point on the Mora Grant boundary; thence north along said grant boundary to its intersection with Latitude 35 degrees 40' North; thence west along Latitude 35 degrees 40' North to its intersection with Longitude 105 degrees 00' West, a point on the existing boundary of the Upper Pecos Underground Water Basin; thence west along Latitude 35 40' North and the Upper Pecos Underground Water Basin boundary to its intersection with Longitude 105 degrees 10' West, a point approximately 3 1/2 miles east of Storrie Lake Dam; thence north along Longitude 105 degrees 10' West and the Upper Pecos Underground Water Basin boundary to its intersection with the topographic drainage boundary between the Pecos River and the Canadian River in the vicinity of Latitude 35 degrees 44' North; thence northwesterly along said drainage boundary and the Upper Pecos Underground Water Basin boundary to its intersection with the topographic drainage boundary of the Rio Grande in the vicinity of Latitude 35 degrees 59' 03" North, Longitude 105 degrees 33' 25" West, a point on the Mora County-Rio Arriba County line; thence northerly along the west topographic drainage boundary of the Canadian River and the west lines of Mora and Colfax counties to the point of beginning.
B. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE MAP: See 7-26.1 and 2 Canadian River Basin,
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Canadian.]
[SE 66-1, Article 7-26; Recompiled 12/31/01]
HISTORY OF 19.27.25 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. 7, 12/19/73.
History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]