New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 15 - OIL AND GAS
Part 39 - SPECIAL RULES
Section 19.15.39.8 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SELECTED AREAS OF SIERRA AND OTERO COUNTIES
Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.15.39.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The selected areas comprise:
(1) all of Sierra county
except the area west of range 8 west NMPM and north of township 18 south, NMPM;
and
(2) all of Otero county except
the area included in the following townships and ranges:
(a) township 11 south, range 9 1/2 east and
range 10 east NMPM;
(b) township 12
south, range 10 east and ranges 13 east through 16 east, NMPM;
(c) township 13 south, ranges 11 east through
16 east, NMPM;
(d) township 14
south, ranges 11 east through 16 east, NMPM;
(e) township 15 south, ranges 11 east through
16 east, NMPM;
(f) township 16
south, ranges 11 east through 15 east, NMPM;
(g) township 17 south, range 11 east
(surveyed) and ranges 12 east through 15 east, NMPM;
(h) township 18 south, ranges 11 east through
15 east, NMPM;
(i) township 20 1/2
south, range 20 east, NMPM;
(j)
township 21 south, range 19 east and range 20 east, NMPM; and
(k) township 22 south, range 20 east, NMPM;
and also excepting also the un-surveyed area bounded as follows:
(i) beginning at the most northerly northeast
corner of Otero county, said point lying in the west line of range 13 east
(surveyed);
(ii) thence west along
the north boundary line of Otero county to the point of intersection of such
line with the east line of range 10 east NMPM (surveyed);
(iii) thence south along the east line of
range 10 east NMPM (surveyed) to the southeast corner of township 11 south,
range 10 east NMPM (surveyed);
(iv)
thence west along the south line of township 11 south, range 10 east NMPM
(surveyed) to the more southerly northeast corner of township 12 south, range
10 east NMPM (surveyed);
(v) thence
south along the east line of range 10 east NMPM (surveyed) to the inward corner
of township 13 south, range 10 east NMPM (surveyed) (said inward corner formed
by the east line running south from the more northerly northeast corner and the
north line running west from the more southerly northeast corner of said
township and range);
(vi) thence
east along the north line of township 13 south NMPM (surveyed) to the southwest
corner of township 12 south, range 13 east, NMPM (surveyed);
(vii) thence north along the west line of
range 13 east, NMPM (surveyed) to the point of beginning.
B. The division shall not issue permits under 19.15.17 NMAC for pits located in the selected areas.
C. Produced water injection wells located in the selected areas are subject to the following requirements in addition to those set out in 19.15.25 NMAC and 19.15.34 NMAC.
(1) The division shall issue permits under
19.15.26.8 NMAC only after notice and hearing.
(2) The radius of the area of review shall be
the greater of:
(a) one-half mile;
or
(b) one and one-third times the
radius of the zone of endangering influence, as calculated under EPA regulation
40 C.F.R. section
146.6(a) or by other method
acceptable to the division; but in no case shall the radius of the area of
review exceed one and one-third miles.
(3) The operator shall demonstrate fresh
water aquifers' vertical extent prior to using a new or existing well for
injection.
(4) The operator shall
isolate fresh water aquifers throughout their vertical extent with at least two
cemented casing strings. In addition,
(a)
existing wells converted to injection shall have continuous, adequate cement
from casing shoe to surface on the smallest diameter casing, and
(b) wells drilled for the purpose of
injection shall have cement circulated continuously to surface on all casing
strings, except the smallest diameter casing shall have cement to at least 100
feet above the casing shoe of the next larger diameter casing.
(5) The operator shall run cement
bond logs acceptable to the division after each casing string is cemented, and
file the logs with the appropriate division district office. For existing wells
the casing and cementing program shall comply with 19.15.26.9 NMAC.
(6) The operator shall construct produced
water transportation lines of corrosion-resistant materials acceptable to the
division, and pressure test the water transportation lines to one and one-half
times the maximum operating pressure prior to operation, and annually
thereafter.
(7) The operator shall
place tanks on impermeable pads and surround the tanks with lined berms or
other impermeable secondary containment device having a capacity at least equal
to one and one-third times the capacity of the largest tank, or, if the tanks
are interconnected, of all interconnected tanks.
(8) The operator shall record injection
pressures and volumes daily or in a manner acceptable to the division, and make
the record available to the division upon request.
(9) The operator shall perform mechanical
integrity tests as described in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of 19.15.26.11
NMAC annually, shall advise the appropriate division district office of the
date and time the operator is commencing a mechanical integrity test so that
the division may witness the test and shall file the pressure chart with the
appropriate division district office.
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