N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.22.10

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 19.15.22.10 - PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR HARDSHIP GAS WELLS

A. The director may administratively approve an application for hardship gas well classification or the director may set the matter for notice and hearing.

B. The division shall list applications that the director is to approve administratively in the dockets of division or commission hearings that are issued from time to time.

(1) If no affected party files a written objection to the proposed administrative action within 20 days following the date of the hearing for which the docket is issued, the director may approve the application. If an affected party files an objection before or within the 20 day period, the division shall set the application for hearing unless the applicant withdraws the application.

(2) The director, on the director's own or upon an affected party's request, may require a minimum flow (log-off) test on the well for which the hardship classification is sought. The applicant shall give notice to the division, the gas transporter and purchaser and the requesting affected party of a minimum flow test conducted following the request, in order that the test may, at the option of the division or the parties, be witnessed. The applicant shall give notice of a minimum flow test conducted prior to submitting a hardship gas well application to the appropriate division district office, the gas transporter and purchaser and offset operators in order that the test may, at the option of the parties, be witnessed.

N.M. Admin. Code § 19.15.22.10

19.15.22.10 NMAC - Rp, 19.15.6.410 NMAC, 12/1/08