New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 8 - COAL MINING
Part 8 - PERMIT APPLICATIONS - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
Section 19.8.8.802 - DESCRIPTION OF HYDROLOGY AND GEOLOGY: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.8.8.802

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

A. Each application shall contain a description of the geology, and water quality and quantity of all lands within the proposed permit area and the adjacent area. The description shall include information on the characteristics of all surface and ground waters within the permit and adjacent area, and any water, which will flow into or receive discharges of water from the permit area. The description shall be prepared according to 19.8.8.802 through 806 NMAC and conform to the following:

(1) information on hydrology, water quality and quantity, and geology related to hydrology of areas outside the proposed permit area shall be provided to the director, to the extent that this data is available from an appropriate federal or state agency.

(2) If this information is not available from those agencies, the applicant shall gather and submit this information to the director as part of the permit application.

(3) The permit shall not be approved by the director until this information is made available in the application.

B. The use of modeling techniques may be included as part of the permit application, but the same surface and ground water information may be required for each site as when models are not used.

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