New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 17 - PITS, CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEMS, BELOW-GRADE TANKS AND SUMPS
Section 19.15.17.8 - PERMIT OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
A. A person shall not construct or use a pit except in accordance with a division-issued permit. Only an operator may apply for a division-issued permit. After June 16, 2008, an unlined pit is prohibited and the division shall not issue a permit for an unlined pit.
B. The division may issue a single permit for all pits or division-approved alternative methods associated with a single application for permit to drill.
C. All below-grade tanks installed after June 28, 2013 must be registered with the appropriate division district office. The operator shall file a single registration for all below-grade tanks associated with a single application for permit to drill.
D. Closed-loop systems and sumps do not require a division-issued permit or registration with the division's district office.