New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 25 - ADMINISTRATION AND USE OF WATER - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part 8 - GROUND WATER STORAGE AND RECOVERY ACT › Section 19.25.8.14 - APPLICATION FOR PERMIT

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The application procedure for an Underground Storage and
				  Recovery Permit is a two-step process.
A. Pilot/Demonstration Project: The applicant
				shall file a complete description of the pilot/demonstration project on a form
				prescribed by the state engineer, a capability report for the
				pilot/demonstration project, and a preliminary description of the full-scale
				project (the preliminary description should attempt to estimate the area of
				hydrologic effect and the scope and purpose of the full-scale project as
				closely as possible). After making the initial filing, the applicant shall
				proceed to meet the requirements set forth in sections 15 through 22 of these
				regulations for the pilot/demonstration project. The information required for a
				pilot/demonstration project capability report is the same as that for a
				full-scale project. However, during the course of developing the capability
				report for a pilot/demonstration project it may become apparent that not all
				the necessary information is available. In this case, an abbreviated capability
				report may be submitted. In cases where data does not exist or is lacking, the
				applicant must indicate how they plan on collecting the necessary data during
				the pilot/demonstration project. The data required for the pilot/demonstration
				project are dependent on the duration, volume, purpose, operation, and the
				geologic and hydrologic complexity of the project.
B. Full-Scale Project: Upon completion of a
				successful pilot/demonstration project, the permittee shall prepare a complete
				description of the full-scale project on a form prescribed by the state. The
				description shall be accompanied by the findings from the pilot/demonstration
				project and a capability report for the full-scale project that is based on the
				information gathered during the pilot/demonstration project. After filing their
				application for a full-scale project, the applicant shall proceed to meet the
				requirements set forth in sections 15 through 22 of these regulations for the
				full-scale project. However, the applicant shall not have to publish a legal
				notice for the full-scale project if the state engineer determines that the
				legal notice published after the filing of the pilot/demonstration project
				application reasonably informed the public of the final proposed full-scale
				project. A revised notice shall be published if the state engineer determines
				that the scope of the full-scale project has significantly changed since the
				publication of the original notice.
C. Filing Fee: A complete application shall
				be filed with the proper filing fee of five thousand dollars ($5000.00),
				payable at the time the application is filed, plus five dollars ($5.00) per
				acre-foot of the annual capacity of the full-scale artificial recharge,
				storage, and recovery project, payable upon the filing of the full-scale
				project. The total application fee shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars
				($50,000).