New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 2 - STATE TRUST LANDS PART 24 CULTURAL PROPERTIES PROTECTION
Part 5 - RELATING TO LEASES AND PERMITS FOR CALICHE, GYPSUM, CLAY, SAND, GRAVEL, STONE, SHALE, PERLITE, VOLCANIC DEPOSITS, AND BORROW DIRT
Section 19.2.5.8 - LANDS AND MINERALS SUBJECT TO LEASE OR PERMIT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 24, December 23, 2024
A. Leases may be issued for the extraction of caliche, gypsum, clay, sand, gravel, stone, shale, perlite, volcanic deposits, and borrow dirt only for those lands shown to be open for leasing of that mineral by the tract books of the state land office.
B. The commissioner may issue permits, which are expected to last no more than fifteen (15) days, for removal of caliche on lands with existing pit sites ("community pit") and for the removal of other minerals listed in this Rule.
C. An oil and gas lessee may use caliche necessarily disturbed from acreage under the oil and gas lease only pursuant to 19.2.5.11 NMAC or may obtain a lease for caliche.
