New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 29 - RELEASE NOTIFICATION
Section 19.15.29.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
A. "Major release" means:
B. "Minor release" means an unauthorized release, which is not a major release and is a volume greater than five barrels but less than 25 barrels; or for gases, greater than 50 MCF but less than 500 MCF.
C. "Responsible party" means the operator, as defined in 19.15.2 NMAC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the division, in its sole discretion, may also consider a person causing the release, or controlling the location of the release as the responsible party.
D. "Wellstream" means the gas, oil, water, suspended constituents, or any combination thereof, which comes from the wellbore.