New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 3 - RULEMAKING
Section 19.15.3.3 - STATUTORY AUTHORITY

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.15.3.3
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

19.15.3 NMAC is adopted pursuant to the Oil and Gas Act, Section 70-2-6 NMSA 1978, which grants the oil conservation division and the oil conservation commission jurisdiction and authority over all matters relating to the conservation of oil and gas, the prevention of waste of oil and gas and of potash as a result of oil and gas operations, the protection of correlative rights and the disposition of wastes resulting from oil and gas operations, and Section 70-2-7 NMSA 1978, which provides that the division shall prescribe by rule its hearing procedures. The 2017 amendments are authorized by Section 70-2-12.2 NMSA 1978 (2016), which provides for the appeal of commission rules and Laws 2017, Chapter 137, which provides for uniform rulemaking procedures.

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