TITLE 19 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
CHAPTER 27 UNDERGROUND
WATER
PART 67 DECLARATION
OF THE CAUSEY LINGO UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN
19.27.67.1 ISSUING
AGENCY: Office of the State Engineer.
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19.27.67.2 SCOPE: The appropriation
and use of underground water within the Causey Lingo underground water basin,
an area declared by the state engineer to have a reasonably ascertainable
boundary.
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19.27.67.3 STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: Chapter 72, Article 12, NMSA 1978. Section 72-1-1 NMSA 1978 provides that all
natural waters flowing in streams and water courses belong to the public and
are subject to appropriation for beneficial use. Section 72-2-1 NMSA 1978 gives the state
engineer general supervision of waters of the state and of the measurement,
appropriation and distribution thereof and such other duties as required. Section 72-2-8 NMSA 1978 gives the state
engineer authority to adopt regulations and codes to implement and enforce any
provision of any law administered by him and also provides the state engineer
with authority to issue orders necessary to implement his decisions and to aid
him in the accomplishment of his duties.
Section 72-2-9 NMSA 1978 gives the state engineer authority over and
supervision of the apportionment of water in this state according to the
licenses issued by him and his predecessors and the adjudications of the
courts.
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19.27.67.4 DURATION: Permanent.
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19.27.67.5 EFFECTIVE
DATE:
September 23, 2005, unless a later date is cited at the end of a
section.
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19.27.67.6 OBJECTIVE: To establish
administrative control over the appropriation and use of underground water within
the Causey Lingo underground water basin, an area declared by the state
engineer to have a reasonably ascertainable boundary.
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19.27.67.7 DEFINITIONS: [Reserved]
19.27.67.8 BOUNDARY
DESCRIPTION OF THE CAUSEY LINGO UNDERGROUND WATER BASIN: The
area included in the Causey Lingo basin begins at the northeast corner of
section 15, township 3 south, range 37 east, NMPM, a point on the New Mexico
and Texas state line; thence south along said state line to the southeast corner
of section 33, township 8 south, range 38 east, NMPM, being a point on the
northern county line for Lea county, New Mexico; thence west along the county
line of Lea county to the southwest corner of section 35, township 8 south,
range 32 east, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of
section 2, township 8 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence west along section
line to the southwest corner of section 34, township 7 south, range 32 east,
NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of section 27,
township 7 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the
southwest corner of section 21, township7 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence
north along the section line to the northwest corner of section 16, township7
south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest
corner of section 8, township7 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence north along
section line to the northwest corner of section 5, township7 south, range 32
east, NMPM; thence west along township line to the southwest corner of township
6 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence north along range line to the northwest
corner of township 6 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence west along township
line to the southwest corner of township 5 south, range 31 east, NMPM; thence
north along range line to the northwest corner of section 18, township 5 south,
range 31 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of
section 11, township 5 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence north along section
line to the northwest corner of section 11, township 5 south, range 30 east,
NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of section 3,
township 5 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence north along section line to the
northwest corner of section 15, township 4 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence
east along section line to the northeast corner of section 15, township 4
south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest
corner of section 23, township 3 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence west along
section line to the southwest corner of section 15, township 3 south, range 30
east, NMPM; thence north along section line to the northwest corner of section
15, township 3 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to
the southwest corner of section 9, township 3 south, range 30 east, NMPM;
thence north along section line to the northwest corner of section 33, township
2 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence east along section line to the northeast
corner of section 33, township 2 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence north along
section line to the northwest corner of section 15, township 2 south, range 30
east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of section
9, township 2 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence north along section lines to
the northwest corner of section 4, township 2 south, range 30 east, NMPM;
thence west along township line to the southwest corner of section 32, township
1 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence north along section lines to the northwest
corner of section 17, township 1 south, range 30 east, NMPM; thence west along
section lines to the southwest corner of section 7, township 1 south, range 30
east, NMPM; thence north along range line to the northwest corner of section
19, township 1 north, range 30 east, NMPM; thence east along section lines to
the northeast corner of section 23, township 1 north, range 30 east, NMPM;
thence south along section line to the southeast corner of section 26, township
1 north, range 30 east, NMPM; thence east along section lines to the northeast
corner of section 32, township 1 north, range 31 east, NMPM; thence south along
section line to the southeast corner of section 32, township 1 north, range 31
east, NMPM; thence east along township line to the northeast corner of section
4 , township 1 south, range 31 east, NMPM; thence south along section line to
the southeast corner of section 4, township 1 south, range 31 east, NMPM;
thence east along section lines to the northeast corner of section 11, township
1 south, range 31 east, NMPM; thence south along section line to the southeast
corner of section 11, township 1 south, range 31 east, NMPM; thence east along
section line to the northeast corner of section 13, township 1 south, range 31
east, NMPM; thence south along range line to the southeast corner of section
13, township 1 south, range 31 east, NMPM; thence east along section lines to
the northeast corner of section 21, township 1 south, range 32 east, NMPM;
thence south along section lines to the southeast corner of section 21,
township 1 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence east along section line to the
northeast corner of section 27, township 2 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence
south along section line to the southeast corner of section 3, township 2
south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest
corner of section 3, township 2 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence south along
section lines to the southeast corner of section 16, township 2 south, range 32
east, NMPM; thence west along section line to the southwest corner of section
16, township 2 south, range 32 east, NMPM; thence south along section lines to
the southeast corner of section 32, township 2 south, range 32 east, NMPM;
thence east along township lines to the northeast corner of township 3 south,
range 33 east, NMPM; thence south along range line to the southeast corner of
section 12, township 3 south, range 33 east, NMPM; thence east along section
lines to the northeast corner of section 15, township 3 south, range 37 east,
NMPM, being the point of origin.
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HISTORY OF 19.27.67
NMAC: [RESERVED]