New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 14 - GEOTHERMAL POWER › Part 55 - CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND AUTHORIZATION TO PRODUCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES › Section 19.14.55.8 - CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE AND AUTHORIZATION TO PRODUCE GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES (FORM G-104)

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Prior to
				placing any geothermal resources well on production, injection or disposal, the
				owner or operator of said well shall file (in quintuplicate) with the division
				and receive approval thereof form G-104, certificate of compliance and
				authorization to produce geothermal resources, outlining thereon the
				information required and certifying that all division rules and regulations
				pertaining to the well have been complied with. Production of or injection into
				any well in violation of this rule shall result in the well being shut in by
				the division subject to the penalties provided by law for violation of the
				division's rules, orders and regulations. (In addition to form G-104 being
				approved, additional approval for injection or disposal must be obtained
				pursuant to Rules G-501- G-505) [now 19.14.91 NMAC - 19.14.95 NMAC]. Form G-104
				must be accompanied by three copies of form G-105, geothermal resources well
				log outlining the data required and with the attachments required by Rule G-205
				A [now 19.14.56.8 NMAC], three copies of form G-106, geothermal resources well
				summary report (See Rule G-206) [now 19.14.57 NMAC] completely filled in and
				three copies of rorm G-107, geothermal resources well history (See Rule G-207)
				[now 19.14.58 NMAC] completely filled in.
B. Form G-104 shall also be filed in
				quintuplicate when there is a change in purchaser from a well or when there is
				a change of ownership of a producing well, injection well or disposal well. No
				change of ownership will be approved by the division unless the new owner has
				an approved bond in accordance with Rule G-101 [now 19.14.20 NMAC] and has
				filed satisfactory "Designation of Agent" (Rule G-100) [now 19.14.1.17 NMAC].
				The former owner of the well, to obtain release of his bond, shall follow the
				procedures set forth in Rule G-101(b) [now Subsection B or 19.14.20.8 NMAC]
				(Form G-103 shall be used to report change of ownership of a drilling well; see
				Rule G-203 C(6).) [now Paragraph (6) of Subsection C of 19.14.54.8
				NMAC].
C. After approval of form
				G-104, distribution of forms G-104, G-105, G-106 and G-107 shall be made by the
				division as follows:
(1) one approved copy of
				form G-104 shall be returned to the operator;
(2) one approved copy of form G-104 shall be
				forwarded to the purchaser from the well (except, of course, in the case of a
				disposal or injection well);
(3)
				one approved copy of form G-104 and one copy of each of Forms G-105, G-106 and
				G-107 shall be forwarded to the New Mexico bureau of mines;
(4) one approved copy of form G-104 and one
				copy each of forms G-105, G-106 and G-107 shall be forwarded to the United
				States geological survey; and
(5)
				one approved copy of form G-104 and one copy each of form G-105, G-106 and
				G-107 shall be retained by the division.