A. The operator of a proposed production restoration project or well workover project shall apply to the division for approval of a production restoration project or a well workover project in the form and manner prescribed by the division and shall provide any relevant material and information the division requires for that approval.
B. Upon a determination that the project complies with the provisions of the Natural Gas and Crude Oil Production Incentive Act and rules adopted pursuant to that act, the division shall approve the application and shall issue a certification of approval to the operator and designate the natural gas or oil well as a production restoration project or well workover project, as applicable.
C. In addition to the powers enumerated in Section 70-2-12 NMSA 1978, the division shall adopt, promulgate and enforce rules to carry out the provisions of the Natural Gas and Crude Oil Production Incentive Act.
D. The division shall consider and approve applications for approval of a production restoration project or well workover project without holding hearings on the applications. If the division denies approval of an application pursuant to such a process, the division, upon the request of the applicant, shall set a hearing of the application before an examiner appointed by the division to conduct the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Oil and Gas Act [Chapter 70, Article 2 NMSA 1978] for such hearings.
History: Laws 1995, ch. 15, § 4; 1999, ch. 256, § 5.
The 1999 amendment, effective June 18, 1999, deleted "and regulations" following "rules" in the section heading and throughout the section; deleted former Subsection C which read: "At the time of issuing a certification of approval to an operator of a natural gas or oil well for a well workover project, the division shall also certify the production projection for that project", and redesignated the remaining subsections accordingly; and deleted "Sections 1 through 5 of" following "provisions of" in Subsection C.
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