Announcements and Notifications
PIT RULE: (posted 6-6-2013)
The signing of the Pit Rule order in Cases 14784 and 14785 occurred on June 6, 2013. The new rule can be found in the Rules section. It becomes effective June 28, 2013.
NOTICE to Oil - Gas Operators Flaring in New Mexico (posted 3-19-2013)
C 133 Processing
Please send C-133 forms to Leonard Lowe in the Environment Bureau.
Format Change: The OCD will be transitioning from TIFF format to PDF format documents for our Well Files, Administrative/Environmental Orders and Case Files. The Well Log documents will continue to be TIFF format. The switchover will begin the week of November 19th, 2012 and we anticipate converting existing documents to PDF format by the end of the year.
The public OCD FTP site has moved. The new location is ftp://164.64.106.6
TEST GAS ALLOWABLES - Operators may produce and sell gas encountered during drilling, completion, or re-completion provided that the operator has filed and received OCD district office approval of a Form C-104, Request for Allowable and Authorization to Transport, stating REASON FOR FILING CODE as “Test Allowable” and specifying the anticipated date of first sale for each proposed formation from which it will be produced. All administrative and regulatory approvals; i.e. NSL, NSP, DHC, etc., are required to be approved prior to producing the well. (Click on the link above for more details and information)
REVISED OCD DISCHARGE PLAN PERMIT REQUIREMENTS - OCD has revised its permitting policies. These changes may affect the renewal of your discharge permits.
Oil and Gas Facilities QUESTIONNAIRE (pdf format) (word format) for Determination of a WQCC Discharge Permit - Submission of this questionnaire is requested for all facilities with discharge permit expiration dates before November 15, 2012. A separate questionnaire for each facility should be submitted before July 15, 2011.
Operators who are subject to Part 5.9 due to violations of an order requiring corrective action, or because they have entered into an order placing them under 5.9 until they complete corrective action.
New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Records Requests