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NM Stat § 71-8-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 8 - Sustainable Development Testing Site Act|Section 71-8-5 - Testing site permit; effect.

As long as a testing site permit is in effect: A. the permittee, when conducting sustainable development research that is specified in the testing site permit, shall comply with all applicable laws and rules except those county codes, ordinances, rules or permits specified in the permit as inapplicable to the permittee and the research; B. nothing in the Sustainable Development Testing Site Act or the testing site permit shall be deemed to allow the permittee to appropriate or otherwise use underground or surface water without first obtaining a water rights permit or approval from the state engineer. New appropriations of water and water rights transfers shall in no event be exempted from state water law and the rules of the state engineer; C. employees and agents of the state or the county may, at all reasonable times, enter the sustainable development testing site for the purpose of inspecting the site and activities conducted on the site to ensure that conditions specified in the testing site permit are being met; D. the permittee shall annually, no later than the anniversary date of the testing site permit, submit a report to the planning commission, the department of environment, the state engineer, the energy, minerals and natural resources department and the construction industries division of the regulation and licensing department describing the sustainable development research conducted during the preceding twelve months and summarizing the results. The report shall also include all required monitoring data for soil, water, including water quality and quantity, and air. All information contained in the report and all other information learned from activities pursuant to the testing site permit shall be made available to the public; E. the planning commission may revoke the testing site permit if it finds, after a public hearing, that: (1) the permittee has violated a testing site permit provision, a provision of the Sustainable Development Testing Site Act or a rule adopted pursuant to Section 8 [71-8-8 NMSA 1978] of that act; or (2) the sustainable development testing site has not complied with a permit provision, ordinance, rule, regulatory policy or other associated administrative action of the state engineer, the department of environment or another state or federal agency; and F. a permittee may apply to have a testing site permit amended by submitting a new application pursuant to Section 3 [71-8-3 NMSA 1978] of the Sustainable Development Testing Site Act; provided that, if the planning commission determines that the proposed amendment will not substantially alter the sustainable development research or other activities conducted at the sustainable development testing site, it may waive the requirements of that section for notice and public hearing. History: Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 9 makes the act effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 71-8-6 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 8 - Sustainable Development Testing Site Act|Section 71-8-6 - Expiration of testing site permits.

Upon the expiration of the term of a testing site permit or any renewal thereof: A. all activities within the area of the sustainable development testing site shall comply with all applicable laws, ordinances or rules, including permitting requirements; and B. the permittee may provide the wastewater treatment and disposal technologies to the wastewater technical advisory committee for review and, if appropriate, for listing by the department of environment as approved for use. History: Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 6. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 9 makes the act effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 71-8-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 8 - Sustainable Development Testing Site Act|Section 71-8-7 - Sale of land within a sustainable development testing site.

Land within a sustainable development testing site shall not be sold in whole or in part unless: A. the subsequent owner obtains a testing site permit pursuant to the provisions of the Sustainable Development Testing Site Act; or B. the owner or subsequent owner enters into an agreement with the planning commission to bring the land and improvements within the sustainable development testing site into compliance with all county codes, ordinances, rules or permits that would be applicable to the site in the absence of a testing site permit. History: Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 9 makes the act effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 71-8-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 8 - Sustainable Development Testing Site Act|Section 71-8-8 - Promulgation of rules.

A county or planning commission may define a new category of rules applicable to sustainable development testing sites and promulgate rules for the category. A county or a planning commission may also promulgate rules or permit conditions applicable to a specific sustainable development testing site. History: Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2007, ch. 34, § 9 makes the act effective July 1, 2007.
NM Stat § 71-9-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 11 [71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Geothermal Resources Development Act". History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 1 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 1 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 1, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 1. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978. Temporary provisions. — Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 13 provided that on July 1, 2016, any appropriations, money and records of the oil conservation commission or the oil conservation division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department dedicated to its powers and duties under the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act are transferred to the energy conservation and management division of that department.
NM Stat § 71-9-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-2 - Findings and purpose.

The legislature finds that the people of New Mexico have a direct interest in the development of geothermal resources and that the state should exercise its power and jurisdiction through the division to require that geothermal resources be explored, developed and produced in such a manner as to safeguard life, health, property, natural resources and the public welfare and to encourage maximum economic recovery. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 2 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 2 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 2, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 2. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-3 - Definitions.

As used in the Geothermal Resources Development Act: A. "correlative rights" means the opportunity afforded, insofar as is practicable, to each owner or leaseholder in a geothermal reservoir to produce the owner's or leaseholder's just and equitable share of the geothermal resources within such reservoir, being an amount, so far as can be practicably determined and so far as can be practicably obtained without waste, substantially in the proportion that the recoverable geothermal resources of such ownership or lease interest bear to the total recoverable geothermal resources in the reservoir and, for such purpose, to use the owner's or leaseholder's just and equitable share of the natural heat or energy in the reservoir; B. "division" means the energy conservation and management division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department; C. "geothermal reservoir" means an underground reservoir containing geothermal resources, whether the fluids in the reservoir are native to the reservoir or flow into or are injected into the reservoir; D. "geothermal resources" means the natural heat of the earth in excess of two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit, or the energy, in whatever form, below the surface of the earth present in, resulting from, created by or that may be extracted from this natural heat in excess of two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit, and all minerals in solution or other products obtained from naturally heated fluids, brines, associated gases and steam, in whatever form, found below the surface of the earth, but excluding oil, hydrocarbon gas and other hydrocarbon substances and excluding the heating and cooling capacity of the earth not resulting from the natural heat of the earth in excess of two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit, as may be used for the heating and cooling of buildings through an on-site geo-exchange heat pump or similar on-site system; and E. "person" means an individual or other legal entity, including federal, state or local governments or their agents or instrumentalities. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 3 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 3 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 3, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 3. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-4 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-4 - Exclusion; incidental loss or extraction of heat; limited exception.

A. A permit from the state engineer is not required for the use of ground water over two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit as incident to the development of geothermal resources permitted pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Development Act when: (1) the use does not require any diversion of ground water; or (2) all diverted ground water is reinjected as soon as practicable into the same ground water source from which it was diverted, resulting in no new depletions to the source; provided that: (a) the division shall provide to the state engineer all information available to the division regarding the proposed diversion and reinjection and shall request the opinion of the state engineer as to whether existing ground water rights sharing the same ground water source may be impaired; and (b) if the state engineer determines that the information provided is sufficient to render an opinion and it is the opinion of the state engineer that any existing ground water rights may be impaired, the division, upon receipt of the opinion of the state engineer, shall require the owner or operator to submit to the division a plan of replacement with regard to any existing ground water rights that are likely to be impaired. B. In response to a request for opinion pursuant to Subsection A of this section, the determination by the state engineer as to whether the information provided is sufficient to render an opinion or the issuance by the state engineer of an opinion shall not constitute a decision, act or refusal to act under Section 72-2-16 NMSA 1978. C. No ground water right is established through the use of ground water as allowed in Subsection A of this section. D. As used in this section, "plan of replacement" means a detailed plan for the replacement of water, which may include: (1) the furnishing of a substitute water supply; (2) the modification of existing water supply facilities; (3) the drilling of replacement wells; (4) the assumption of additional operating costs; (5) the procurement of documentation establishing a waiver of protection by owners of affected water rights; (6) artificial recharge; or (7) any other means to avoid impairment of water rights. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 4 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 4. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 4 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 4, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 4. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-5 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-5 - General duties, jurisdiction and authority of the division.

A. The division shall regulate the exploration, development and production of geothermal resources on public and private land for the purposes of conservation; protection of correlative rights; protection of life, health, property, natural resources, the environment and the public welfare; and encouraging maximum economic recovery of the geothermal resources. The division may require persons seeking to explore, develop or produce geothermal resources to obtain permits from the division. B. The division has jurisdiction over all matters relating to the exploration, development and production of geothermal resources. It has jurisdiction, authority and control of all persons, matters and things necessary or proper to enforce effectively the provisions of the Geothermal Resources Development Act, including making investigations and inspections of geothermal projects, facilities and wells. C. The division may limit and allocate production of geothermal resources as needed to prevent waste whenever the total amount of geothermal resources that may be produced from a geothermal reservoir is limited. The division shall allocate and distribute the allowable production, insofar as is practicable, to afford each ownership or lease interest in a geothermal reservoir the opportunity to produce its just and equitable share of the geothermal resources in the reservoir. D. The division shall have exclusive authority to regulate injection into geothermal wells pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Development Act and shall have exclusive authority over matters related to the protection of natural resources, property, health and public welfare as they relate to geothermal injection wells. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 5 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 5. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 5 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 5, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 5. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-7 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-7 - Access to property.

Employees or agents of the division, on proper identification, may enter public or private property to inspect and investigate conditions in relation to the exploration, development or production of geothermal resources, to monitor compliance with the Geothermal Resources Development Act or a rule, permit or order of the division, or to examine and copy, during reasonable business hours, those records or memoranda of the business being investigated; provided, however, that any inspection or investigation on private property shall be at reasonable times and upon notice to the private landowner. Employees or agents acting under the authority of this section shall observe the business's safety, internal security and fire protection rules. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 7 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 7. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 7 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 7, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 7. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-8 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-8 - Administrative penalty.

A. If a person violates the provisions of the Geothermal Resources Development Act or the rules promulgated pursuant to that act or an order or permit issued pursuant to that act, the division may assess the person a civil penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation. In the case of a continuing violation, each day of violation shall constitute a separate violation. B. In determining the amount of the penalty, the division shall consider the person's history of previous violations of the Geothermal Resources Development Act or the Geothermal Resources Act [19-13-1 to 19-13-28 NMSA 1978] or the rules or permits issued pursuant to those acts, the seriousness of the violation, any hazard to the health or safety of the public or the environment and the demonstrated good faith of the person. C. The division may assess a civil penalty only after the person charged with a violation has been given an opportunity for a public hearing. D. After the public hearing is held, or the person has failed to participate in the public hearing, the division shall issue an order requiring that any penalty imposed be paid. E. If the person fails to pay the civil penalty as ordered by the division, the division may file a civil suit to collect the penalty in the district court of the county in which the defendant resides or in which any defendant resides if there is more than one defendant or in the district court of any county in which the violation occurred. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 8 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 8. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 8 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 8, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 8. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-9 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-9 - Appeals.

A person subject to a final decision of the division may appeal to the district court pursuant to the provisions of Section 39-3-1.1 NMSA 1978. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 9 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 9. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 9 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 9, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 9. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-10 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-10 - Water rights owner; action for impairment.

In addition to the appeal rights pursuant to Section 9 [71-9-9 NMSA 1978] of the Geothermal Resources Development Act, a water rights owner may bring a de novo action in the district court in which the water rights are located for damages or injunctive relief with respect to any claimed impairment of existing water rights due to the exploration, development or production of geothermal resources pursuant to Section 4 [71-9-4 NMSA 1978] of that act. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 10 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 10. ANNOTATIONSEffective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 10 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 10, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 10. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-9-11 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 9 - Geothermal Resources Development|Section 71-9-11 - Transfer of administration of rules, orders and permits.

All rules, orders, permits and administrative determinations of the oil conservation division of the energy, minerals and natural resources department or oil conservation commission issued pursuant to the Geothermal Resources Conservation Act [repealed] that existed prior to the effective date of the Geothermal Resources Development Act shall be administered by the energy conservation and management division of the department and shall remain in full force and effect after that date until repealed or amended, unless in conflict with, prohibited by or inconsistent with the provisions of the Geothermal Resources Development Act. History: Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 11 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 11. ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. The Geothermal Resources Conservation Act, §§ 71-5-1 to 71-5-24 NMSA 1978, was repealed by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 14, effective July 1, 2016.Effective dates. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 15 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 15 made the Geothermal Resources Development Act, §§ 71-9-1 to 71-9-11 NMSA 1978, effective July 1, 2016. Compiler's notes. — Laws 2016, ch. 71, § 11 and Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 11, both effective July 1, 2016, enacted identical new sections. The section was set out as enacted by Laws 2016, ch. 78, § 11. See 12-1-8 NMSA 1978.
NM Stat § 71-10-1 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 10 - Electric Generating Facility Economic District|Section 71-10-1 - Short title.

Sections 1 through 11 [71-10-1 to 71-10-11 NMSA 1978] of this act may be cited as the "Electric Generating Facility Economic District Act".History: Laws 2020, ch. 78, § 1. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clause. — Laws 2020, ch. 78, § 13 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 9, 2020.
NM Stat § 71-10-2 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 10 - Electric Generating Facility Economic District|Section 71-10-2 - Definitions.

As used in the Electric Generating Facility Economic District Act:A. "authority" means the governing body of a district; andB. "district" means an electric generating facility economic district governed by an authority.History: Laws 2020, ch. 78, § 2. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clause. — Laws 2020, ch. 78, § 13 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 9, 2020.
NM Stat § 71-10-3 (2021)
2021 New Mexico Statutes|Chapter 71 - Energy and Minerals|Article 10 - Electric Generating Facility Economic District|Section 71-10-3 - Creation of a district.

A county may form a district:A. the initial boundaries of which lie within the jurisdiction of the county; andB. that includes an operating coal-fueled electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility or a coal-fueled electric generating facility that is owned by a non-investor-owned electric utility and has been or is in the process of being retired.History: Laws 2020, ch. 78, § 3. ANNOTATIONSEmergency clause. — Laws 2020, ch. 78, § 13 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 9, 2020.