New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 14 / July 29, 2025
This is an amendment to 19.15.7 NMAC,
Section 16, effective 07/29/2025.
19.15.7.16 WELL COMPLETION OR RECOMPLETION
REPORT AND LOG (Form
C-105):
A. Within 45 days following the
completion or recompletion of a well, the operator shall file form C-105 with
the division accompanied by a summary of special tests conducted on the well,
including drill stem tests. In addition, the operator shall file a
certification that no PFAS chemicals were added to the fluid used in the
completion or recompletion of the well, a copy of electrical and
radio-activity logs run on the well with form C-105. If the division does not
receive form C-105 with attached certification, logs and summaries
within the specified 45-day period, the division shall withhold the allowable authorizations
for the well or suspend injection authority, as appropriate, until the operator
has complied with 19.15.7.16 NMAC.
B. In the case of a dry hole, a complete
record of the well on form C-105, or if appliable form C-103, with the
attachments listed in Subsection A of 19.15.7.16 NMAC shall accompany the
notice of intention to plug the well, unless previously filed. The division
shall not approve the plugging report or release the bond the operator has
complied with 19.15.7.16 NMAC.
C. The division shall not keep form
C-105, or if appliable form C-103, and accompanying attachments
confidential unless the well's owner requests in writing that the division keep
it confidential. Upon such request, the division shall keep these data
confidential for 90 days from the date of the well's completion, provided,
however, that the report, logs and other attached data
may, when pertinent, be introduced in a
public hearing before division examiners, the commission or in a court of law,
regardless of the request that they be kept confidential.
D. If there is a change in the
information provided under this part, the operator
must submit the change to the division within 30 days after the date the
operator first knew of the change.
[19.15.7.16
NMAC - Rp, 19.15.13.1105 NMAC, 12/1/2008; A, 9/26/2017; A, 8/23/2022; A,
7/29/2025]