N.M. Code R. § 20.6.2.5301

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024

Section 20.6.2.5301 - DEFINITIONS

As used in 20.6.2.5300 through 20.6.2.5399 NMAC:

A. "cone of influence" means that area around the well within which increased injection zone pressures caused by injection into the hazardous waste injection well would be sufficient to drive fluids into groundwater of the state of New Mexico;

B. "director" means the director of the New Mexico energy, minerals and natural resources department, oil conservation division or his/her designee;

C. "existing well" means a Class I hazardous waste injection well which has become a Class I hazardous waste injection well as a result of a change in the definition of the injected waste which would render the waste hazardous under 20.4.1.200 NMAC (incorporating 40 C.F.R. Section 261.3 );

D. "groundwater of the state of New Mexico" means, consistent with 20.6.2.5001 NMAC, an aquifer that contains ground water having a TDS concentration of 10,000 mg/l or less;

E. "injection interval" means that part of the injection zone in which the well is screened, or in which the waste is otherwise directly emplaced;

F. "new well" means any Class I hazardous waste injection well which is not an existing well;

G. "transmissive fault or fracture" is a fault or fracture that has sufficient permeability and vertical extent to allow fluids to move between formations.

N.M. Code R. § 20.6.2.5301

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 15, August 14, 2015, eff. 8/31/2015