HB 30 USE OF WATER IN OIL & GAS OPERATIONS

Rep Debra Mari Sarinana

Actions: HPREF [1] not prntd-HRC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 House Bill 30 (HB 30) prohibits certain uses of fresh water in oil and gas operations and requires an annual water use report. It alphabetizes and adds four definitions to the Oil and
Gas Act. 
 

 House Bill 30 (HB 30) prohibits certain uses of fresh water in oil and gas operations that occur at depths lower than fresh water zones. 
HB 30 alphabetizes the definitions in Section 70-2-33 NMSA 1978 of the Oil and Gas Act (OGA) and adds definitions for fresh water; recycled produced water; treated produced water; and water pollution.
It requires an operator drilling, developing or recompleting a well to submit an annual water use report to the division prior to 1 October each year with certain information on type, volume and origins of fresh water, recycled produced water and treated produced water and depth of drilling. 
 

 Relates to HB 31