New Mexico Register / Volume XXXVI, Issue 23 / December 9, 2025

NOTICE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS LICENSE TERMINATIONS

The New Mexico Environment Department (Department) is hereby providing notice pursuant to Subsection E of 20.3.4.426 NMAC that the following licensees have submitted applications for the termination of their radioactive materials licenses:

· Calfrac Well Services Corporation, 2401 Sivley Avenue, Artesia, NM 88210

· Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, 455 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505

· COG Operating LLC – King Cobra 2 State 1H, 1401 Commerce Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220

· COG Operating LLC – Copperhead Fee A No. 1H Battery, 1401 Commerce Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220

· COG Operating LLC – BUHO BQH State 1H Battery, 1401 Commerce Drive, Carlsbad, NM 88220

· Presbyterian Heart Group Santa Fe, 454 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505

During the evaluation period, the Department reviews and comments upon the application. The Department may, at its discretion, retain consultants to assist it in its evaluation of the application. Upon receipt of a license termination plan or decommissioning plan from the licensee, or a proposal by the licensee for release of the site pursuant to Subsections C or D of 20.3.4.426 NMAC, the Department will notify and solicit comments from local governments in the vicinity of the site of the licensed activity and any Indian nation or other indigenous people that have treaty or statutory rights that could be affected by the decommissioning of the site of the licensed activity. In the case where the licensee proposes to release a site pursuant to Subsection D of 20.3.4.426 NMAC, the Department will notify and solicit comments from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Relevant comments and questions received by the Department from various agencies and interested parties will be forwarded to the applicant for response. Correspondence associated with the application will be on file with the Radiation Control Bureau and will be available for inspection by the applicant and any other interested party.

The Department requires an applicant to provide a license termination plan or decommissioning plan, and other materials addressing, among other things, the public health, safety and environmental aspects for the termination of the license.

The Department will analyze the license termination application carefully. During this analysis, the application will be reviewed to ensure that there are no deficiencies, that the application meets all applicable requirements and that there is no reason to believe that the termination of the license will result in the violation of any laws or regulations. If the Department is so satisfied, it will grant the application for the termination of the license.

The application is available for review at the following location:

New Mexico Environment Department

Radiation Control Bureau

525 Camino de los Marquez, Suite 1B

Santa Fe, NM 87502

It is anticipated that the review period will require about one month. Written comments and requests for public hearing will be accepted for 30 days after publication of this notice. Written comments regarding this license application should be directed to: New Mexico Environment Department, Radiation Control Bureau, P.O. Box 5469, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502-5469.