The state engineer may at any time investigate and review a project to determine if the permittee is complying with the terms and conditions of the permit. The state engineer has the authority and duty to enter upon, and to order the project owner to permit the entry upon, private property at any reasonable time to inspect the various means or proposed means of artificial recharge, storage, or recovery, to observe well construction and plugging, to read and verify the accuracy of meters and other measuring devices, and to inspect records.
N.M. Admin. Code § 19.25.8.36