New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 27 - UNDERGROUND WATER
Part 4 - WELL DRILLER LICENSING; CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND PLUGGING OF WELLS
Section 19.27.4.21 - REPRIMANDS, SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF WELL DRILLER'S LICENSE

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.27.4.21

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

The state engineer may issue a written reprimand, a compliance order issued pursuant to Section 72-2-18 NMSA, or, after notice and hearing held pursuant to 19.25.2 NMAC, suspend or revoke a well driller's license if it is found that a well driller:

A. made a material misstatement of fact in an application for license;

B. failed to submit or submitted an incomplete well record or well log;

C. made a material misstatement of fact in a well record or well log;

D. drilled a well in any declared underground water basin without a state engineer permit;

E. violated the conditions of the state engineer permit under which the well was being drilled;

F. violated the conditions of a well driller's license;

G. failed to be present or ensure the presence of a drill rig supervisor at the drilling site during well drilling activities;

H. violated the rules and regulations of the state engineer;

I. failed to assure the protection of the public safety, health, welfare, and property in the well construction process; or

J. for other cause as determined by the state engineer.

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