This rule was filed as State Engineer Rule 66-1, Article 7-10.

 

TITLE 19               NATURAL RESOURCS AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 27       UNDERGROUND WATER

PART 37               HOT SPRINGS ARTESIAN BASIN

 

19.27.37.1             ISSUING AGENCY:  Office of State Engineer.

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19.27.37.2             SCOPE:  [RESERVED]

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19.27.37.3             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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19.27.37.4             DURATION:  [Permanent]

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19.27.37.5             EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 1, 1966

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19.27.37.6             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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19.27.37.7             DEFINITIONS:  [RESERVED]

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19.27.37.8             HOT SPRINGS ARTESIAN BASIN:

                A.            The lands declared within the Hot Springs Artesian Basin on April 15, 1935, are as follows:

TOWNSHIP                                          RANGE                                  SECTIONS

13 S.                                                        4 W.                                        27 thru 34

13 S.                                                        5 W.                                        25 thru 28, 33 thru 36

14 S.                                                        4 W.                                        Portions of 4, 5, 6,

                                                                                                                7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29,

                                                                                                                30, 31 and 32 North

                                                                                                                and West of Rio Grande

14 S.                                                        5 W.                                        1 thru 5, NE 1/4 of 6,

                                                                                                                E 1/2 and NW 1/4 of 8, 9

                                                                                                                thru 15, N 1/2 of 16,

                                                                                                                NE 1/4 of 22, 23 thru 25,

                                                                                                                NE 1/4 of 26, NE 1/4 of 36

                B.            The lands included by the extension of September 17, 1982, are as follows:

Beginning at the intersection of the southern surface drainage boundary of Palomas Creek with the east line of the northwest quarter of Section 22, T-14-S, R-5-W, N.M.P.M., a point on the existing boundary of the Hot Springs Underground Water Basin; thence westerly along the southern surface drainage boundary of Palomas Creek, passing through the Salado Mountains near the northwest corner of Township-14-South, Range-6-West, and the northeast corner of Township-14-South, Range-7-West, through South Salado Peak in Sections 6 and 7, T-14-S, R-7-W, Indian Peak in Section 4, T-14-S, R-8-W, Lake Mountain in Section 34, T-13-S, R-9-W and along Spud Patch Ridge in projected* Township 13 South, Range 9 West to its intersection with the surface drainage boundary between the Rio Grande and the Mimbres River, a point approximately one mile south of Reeds Peak on the Grant-Sierra County line and the existing boundary of the Mimbres Underground Water Basin; thence northerly along the existing boundary of the Mimbres Underground Water Basin to its intersection with the existing boundary of the Gila-San Francisco Underground Water Basin at a point approximately one-half mile south of Reeds Peak in projected* Section 26, T-13-S, R-10-W; thence northerly along the existing boundary of the Gila-San Francisco Underground Water Basin to the northwest corner of projected* Section 17, T-12-S, R-9-W, a point on the existing boundary of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin; thence easterly along the existing boundary of the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin to the southeast corner of Section 24, T-13-S, R-5-W, a point on the existing boundary of the Hot Springs Underground Water Basin; thence west along the existing boundary of the Hot Springs Underground Water Basin to the southwest corner of Section 21, T-13-S, R-5-W, south to the southeast corner of Section 32, T-13-S, R-5-W, west to the south quarter corner of Section 31, T-13-S, R-5-W, and southeasterly along said basin boundary to the point of beginning.

*Projected Sections and townships are based on meridian and parallel projections of surveyed townships.

                C.            [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE MAP:  See 7-10.1 Hot Springs Underground Water Basin, PDF file 19.027.0037.8-HotSprings.]

[SE 66-1, Article 7-10; Recompiled 12/31/01]

 

HISTORY OF 19.27.37 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. 16, (Rule No. 2, Amendment No. 21), 7/29/83.

 

History of Repealed Material:  [RESERVED]