New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 14 - GEOTHERMAL POWER
Part 36 - NOTIFICATION OF FIRE, BREAKS, LEAKS, SPILLS AND BLOWOUTS
Section 19.14.36.8 - NOTIFICATION OF FIRE, BREAKS, LEAKS, SPILLS AND BLOWOUTS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The division shall be notified of any fire, break, leak, spill or blowout occurring at any geothermal drilling, producing, transporting, treating, disposal or utilization facility in the state of New Mexico by the person operating or controlling such facility.
B. "Facility", for the purpose of this rule, shall include any geothermal drilling, producing, injection or disposal well; any pipeline through which geothermal resources or the waste products thereof are gathered or transported; any tank or other storage unit into which geothermal products, waters or wastes are produced, received or stored; any treating plant in which geothermal resources are treated or processed; any electrical generating plant in which geothermal resources are utilized; and any drilling pit, slush pit or storage pit or pond associated with geothermal drilling, producing, treating or utilization processes in which hydrocarbons or hydrocarbon waste or residue, salt water, strong caustics or acids, or other deleterious chemicals or harmful substances are present.
C. Notification to the division of such fire, break, leak, spill or blowout shall be in accordance with the provisions set forth below: