New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 3 - RULEMAKING
Section 19.15.3.15 - FILING AND APPEAL

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.15.3.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

A. Filing. Any rule adopted under 19.15.3 NMAC, along with the commission order, shall be filed in accordance with the State Rules Act. No rule shall be filed until the latter of 20 days after the commission has entered an order or has refused a rehearing application pursuant to Section 70-2-25 NMSA 1978. The end of the 20-day rehearing period, if no rehearing is requested, or the action of the commission on a rehearing application shall constitute the "adoption of the rule" for the purposes of Subsection D of Section 14-4-5 NMSA 1978 (2017). The rule shall be filed with the state records administrator within 15 days after the adoption of the rule.

B. Notice. Upon filing of the rule, the commission shall provide notice of the adoption of the rule to the public. The notice, which shall include the final rule and order or information on how to obtain a copy of the final rule and order, shall be:

(1) posted on the division's website;

(2) posted on the sunshine portal;

(3) made available in the division's district offices;

(4) sent by mail or electronic mail to persons who have made a written request for notice from the commission of announcements addressing the subject of the rulemaking proceeding and who have provided a mail or electronic mail address to the commission;

(5) sent by mail or electronic mail to persons who have participated in the rulemaking and who have provided a mail or electronic mail address to the commission; and

(6) delivered to the New Mexico legislative council for distribution to appropriate interim and standing legislative committees.

C. Corrections. If the state records administrator provides the commission with a record of corrections to the filed rule, as provided in Section 14-4-3 NMSA 1978 (2017), the commission shall within 30 days provide notice of the correction in the same manner as the notice in Subsection A of 19.15.3.9 NMAC.

D. Appeal. Pursuant to Section 70-2-12.2 NMSA 1978, any party of record to the proceeding before the commission or any person adversely affected by a rule adopted under the Oil and Gas Act may appeal to the court of appeals within 30 days after filing of the rule under the State Rules Act.

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