This rule was filed as State Engineer Rule 66-1, Article 7-24.

 

TITLE 19               NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 27       UNDERGROUND WATER

PART 60               LAS ANIMAS CREEK BASIN

 

19.27.60.1             ISSUING AGENCY:  Office of State Engineer.

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19.27.60.2             SCOPE:  [RESERVED]

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19.27.60.3             STATUTORY AUTHORITY:  Adopted pursuant to the authority of Sections 72-2-8, 72-2-12 and 72-13-4, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1978.

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19.27.60.4             DURATION:  [Permanent]

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19.27.60.5             EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 1, 1966

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19.27.60.6             OBJECTIVE:  This Rule is formulated for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the statutes governing underground waters and describing the present extent of all declared underground water basins in New Mexico.

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19.27.60.7             DEFINITIONS:  [RESERVED]

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19.27.60.8             LAS ANIMAS CREEK BASIN:

                A.            The lands declared within the Las Animas Creek Basin on August 9, 1968, are as follows:

TOWNSHIP          RANGE                  SECTIONS

14 S.                        7 W.                        S 1/2 31, S 1/2 32, S 1/2 33,

                                                                SW 1/4 and E 1/2 34, 35, W 1/2 and

                                                                SE 1/4 36

14 S.                        8 W.                        26 thru 29, 32 thru 36

15 S.                        5 W.                        S 1/2 19, S 1/2 26, 27 thru 29,

                                                                N 1/2 30, N 1/2 34, N 1/2 35,

                                                                N 1/2 36 west of Caballo

                                                                Reservoir boundary established

                                                                at the contour of 4204 feet above

                                                                mean sea level

15 S.                        6 W.                        W 1/2 and SE 1/4 6, 7, 8, S 1/2 9,

                                                                W 1/2 and SE 1/4 14, 15, 16,

                                                                N 1/2 17, 18, N 1/2 22, NW 1/4 and

                                                                E 1/2 23, 24, NE 1/4 25

15 S.                        7 W.                        1 thru 24, N 1/2 29, N 1/2 30

15 S.                        8 W.                        1 thru 5, 8 thru 17, N 1/2 20,

                                                                N 1/2 21, NW 1/4 and E 1/2 22, 23, 24

                B.            The lands included by the extension of September 17, 1982, are as follows:  Beginning at the east quarter corner of Section 19, T-15-S, R-8-W, N.M.P.M., a point on the existing boundary of the Las Animas Creek Underground Water Basin; thence south along section line to its intersection with the southern surface drainage boundary of Las Animas Creek; thence northwesterly along said surface drainage boundary, passing through Bald Hill in projected * Section 13, T-15-S, R-9-W, westerly through Granite Peak and southerly to Hillsboro Peak on the surface drainage boundary between the Rio Grande and the Mimbres River, a point on the Grant-Sierra county line and the existing boundary of the Mimbres Underground Water Basin; thence northwesterly along the existing boundary of the Mimbres Underground Water Basin to its intersection with the northern surface drainage boundary of Las Animas Creek in projected *Section 24, T-14-S, R-10-W, near Mimbres Lake; thence easterly along the northern surface drainage boundary of Las Animas Creek, passing through Victoria Park Mountain, to its intersection with the north line of Section 30, T-14-S, R-8-W; thence east along section line to the northeast corner of said Section 30, a point on the existing boundary of the Las Animas Creek Underground Water Basin; thence south along the existing boundary of the Las Animas Creek Underground Water Basin to the point of beginning. *Projected sections are based on meridian and parallel projections of surveyed townships.

                C.            [TOWNSHIP AND RANGE MAP:  See 7-24.1 Las Animas Creek Basin, PDF file 19.027.0060.8-LasAnimas.]

[SE 66-1, Article 7-24; Recompiled 12/31/01]

 

HISTORY OF 19.27.60 NMAC:

Pre-NMAC History:  The material in this Part was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives.

SE 66-1, Rules and Regulations Governing Drilling of Wells and Appropriation and Use of Ground Water in New Mexico 1966, originally filed with the Supreme Court Law Library 11/1/66.  Filed with the State Records Center 6/27/91.

SE 66-1, Amendment No. 16 (Rule No. 2, Amendment No. 20, 7/29/83.

 

History of Repealed Material:  [RESERVED]