No person shall engage in mine dewatering in a declared underground basin without a valid, existing mine dewatering permit issued by the state engineer in accordance with the provisions of the Mine Dewatering Act and the rules and regulations that may be promulgated by him in pursuance hereof.
History: Laws 1980, ch. 148, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSLaw reviews. — For comment, "New Mexico's Mine Dewatering Act: The Search for Rehoboth," see 20 Nat. Resources J. 653 (1980).
For article, "Prior Appropriation, Impairment, Replacements, Models and Markets," see 23 Nat. Resources J. 25 (1983).