TITLE 19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 27 UNDERGROUND
WATER
PART 64 EXTENSION
OF THE TULAROSA UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN
19.27.64.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: Office of the State Engineer.
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19.27.64.2 SCOPE: The
appropriation and use of underground water within the extended area of the
Tularosa underground water basin, an area declared by the state engineer to
have reasonably ascertainable boundaries.
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19.27.64.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: Chapter 72, Article 12, NMSA 1978. Section 72-1-1 NMSA 1978 provides that all
natural waters flowing in streams and water courses belong to the public and
are subject to appropriation for beneficial use. Section 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 gives the state
engineer general supervision of waters of the state and of the measurement,
appropriation and distribution thereof and such other duties as required. Section 72-2-8 NMSA 1978 gives the state
engineer authority to adopt regulations and codes to implement and enforce any
provision of any law administered by him and also provides the state engineer
with authority to issue orders necessary to implement his decisions and to aid
him in the accomplishment of his duties.
Section 72-2-9 NMSA 1978 gives the state engineer authority over and
supervision of the apportionment of water in this state according to the
licenses issued by him and his predecessors and the adjudications of the
courts.
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19.27.64.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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19.27.64.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE:
September 23, 2005, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
section.
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19.27.64.6 OBJECTIVE: To establish
administrative control over the appropriation and use of underground water
within the extended area of the Tularosa underground water basin, an area
declared by the state engineer to have reasonably ascertainable boundaries.
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19.27.64.7 DEFINITIONS: [Reserved]
19.27.64.8 BOUNDARY
DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENDED AREA OF THE TULAROSA UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN: Beginning
at the southeast corner of section 9, township 3 south, range 9 east, NMPM;
thence west along section lines to the southeast corner of section 7, township
3 south, range 8 east, NMPM; thence north along range lines to the northwest
corner of section 19, township 2 south, range 8 east, NMPM; thence west along
section line to the southwest corner of section 13, township 2 south, range 7
east, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of section
1, township 1 south, range 7 east, NMPM; thence east along section line to the
southwest corner of section 36, township 1 north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence
north along section lines to the northwest corner of section 24, township 1
north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence west along section lines to the southwest
corner of section 15, township 1 north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence north along
section lines to the northwest corner of section 10, township 1 north, range 7
east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of section
4, township 1 north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence north along section lines to
the northwest corner of section 33, township 2 north, range 7 east, NMPM;
thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of section 30, township
2 north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence north along range line to the northwest
corner of section 6, township 2 north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence east along
township line to the northeast corner of section 5, township 2 north, range 7
east, NMPM; thence north along section lines to the northwest corner of section
4, township 3 north, range 7 east, NMPM; thence east along township lines to
the northeast corner of section 1, township 3 north, range 8 east, NMPM; thence
south along range line to the southeast corner of section 12, township 3 north,
range 8 east, NMPM; thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of
section 14, township 3 north, range 9 east, NMPM; thence south along section
line to the southeast corner of section 14, township 3 north, range 9 east,
NMPM; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of section 24
township 3 north, range 9 east, NMPM; thence south along range line to the
southeast corner of section 36, township 3 north, range 9 east, NMPM; thence
east along township line to the northeast corner of section 5, township 2
north, range 10 east, NMPM; thence south along section lines to the southeast
corner of section 8, township 2 north, range 10 east, NMPM; thence east along section
lines to the northeast corner of section 14, township 2 north, range 10 east,
NMPM; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of section 23,
township 2 north, range 10 east, NMPM; thence east along section lines to the
northeast corner of section 30, township 2 north, range 11 east, NMPM; thence
south along section lines to the southeast corner of section 31, township 2
north, range 11 east, NMPM; thence east along township line to the northeast
corner of section 5, township 1 north, range 11 east, NMPM; thence south along
section line to the southeast corner of section 5, township 1 north, range 11
east, NMPM; thence east along section line approximately 0.5 mile to a point in
the middle of the northern boundary line of
section 9, township 1 north, range 11 east, NMPM; thence due south
approximately one mile to a point in the middle of the southern boundary line
of section 9, township 1 north, range 11 east, NMPM; thence east along section
line to the northeast corner of section 16, township 1 north, range 11 east,
NMPM; thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of section 9,
township 1 south, range 11 east, NMPM; thence east along section line to the
northeast corner of section 15, township 1 south, range 11 east, NMPM; thence
south along section lines to the southeast corner of section 22, township 1
south, range 11 east, NMPM; thence west along section lines to the southwest
corner of section 20, township 1 south, range 11 east, NMPM; thence south along
section line to the southeast corner of section 30, township 1 south, range 11
east, NMPM; thence west along section lines to the southwest corner of section
25, township 1 south, range 10 east, NMPM; thence south along section line to
the southeast corner of 35, township 1 south, range 10 east, NMPM; thence west
along township line to the southwest corner of section 34, township 1 south,
range 10 east, NMPM; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of
section 4, township 2 south, range 10 east, NMPM; thence west along section
lines to the southwest corner of section 5, township 2 south, range 10 east,
NMPM; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of section 7,
township 2 south, range 10 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the
southwest corner of section 7, township 2 south, range 10 east, NMPM; thence
south along section line to the southeast corner of section 13, township 2
south, range 9 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest
corner of section 13, township 2 south, range 9 east, NMPM; thence south along
section lines to the southeast corner of section 26, township 2 south, range 9
east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of section
26, township 2 south, range 9 east, NMPM; thence south along section lines to
the southeast corner of section 3, township 3 south, range 9 east, NMPM; thence
west along section line to the southwest corner of section 3, township 3 south,
range 9 east, NMPM; thence south along section line to the southeast corner of
section 9, township 3 south, range 9 east, NMPM; being the point of origin.
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HISTORY OF 19.27.64
NMAC: [RESERVED]