This rule was filed as State Engineer Rule 66-1, Article 7-7 and Special Order No. 142.

TITLE 19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE

CHAPATER 27 UNDERGROUND WATER

PART 29 CURRY COUNTY UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN

19.27.29.1 ISSUING AGENCY: Office of State Engineer

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19.27.29.2 SCOPE: [RESERVED]

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19.27.29.3 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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19.27.29.4 DURATION: [Permanent]

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19.27.29.5 EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1966

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19.27.29.6 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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19.27.29.7 DEFINITIONS: [RESERVED]

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19.27.29.8 CURRY COUNTY BASIN:

A. The land declared within the Curry County Basin on August 31, 1989, are as follows: Beginning at the southeast corner of Section 15, Township 1 North, Range 37 East, a point on the New Mexico-Texas state line as well as on the Curry-Roosevelt county line; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of Section 18, Township 1 North, Range 34 East, a point on Curry-Roosevelt county line; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 1 North, Range 34 East; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of Section 31, Township 2 North, Range 31 East, a. point on the Curry-Roosevelt county line; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 4 North, Range 31 East, a point on the Curry-Roosevelt-Quay county line; thence east along township line to the northwest corner of Section 4, Township 4 North, Range 31. East, a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 5 North, Range 31 East, a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence east along township line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 5 North, Range 33 East, a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 6 North, Range 33 East, a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence east along township line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 6 North, Range 34 East, a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 7 North, Range 34 East, a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence east along town township line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 7 North, Range 35 East a point on the Curry-Quay county line; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of Section 6, Township 8 North, Range 35 East, a point or the Curry-Quay county line; thence east along township line to the northeast corner of Section 5, Township 8 North, Range 37 East, a point on the New Mexico-Texas state line; thence south along the New Mexico-Texas state line to the the point of beginning.

B. [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE MAP: See 7-7.1 Curry County Underground Water Basin, PDF File 19.027.0029.8-Curry.]

[SE 66-1, Article 7-7; Recompiled 12/31/01]

HISTORY OF 19.27.29 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, (Rule No. 2), 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. 24, (Rule No. 2, Amendment No. 28), 7/29/91.

Special Order No. 142, In the Matter of State Engineer Special Order No. 142, Declaring the Curry County Underground Water Basin in Curry County, 9/1/89.

History of Repealed Material: [RESERVED]