Legal Notices-Non-government

Socorro County is the county affected by the diversion and in which the water has been or will be put to beneficial use. This Notice is ordered to be published in the El Defensor Chieftain.

Under this application, the co-applicants propose to discontinue the farm delivery requirement (FDR) of 15.0 acre-feet per annum (afa), inclusive of a consumptive irrigation requirement (CIR) of 10.5 afa, from the Las Nutrias Lateral Ditch, with a Point of Diversion (POD) on the Rio Grande at the Isleta Diversion Works, SP-1690-3, on land owned by the Pueblo of Isleta and leased to the MRGCD, within projected NE ¼ NE ¼ SW ¼ of Section 24, Township 8 North, Range 2 East, NMPM, at a point where X=346,037 meters, Y=3,863,880 meters intersect, UTM (NAD83), Zone 13N, for the irrigation of 5.0 acres of land owned by the applicants, and described as Tract 53A2B, located on MRGCD Map 122, within projected Section 7, Township 3 North, Range 2 East, NMPM. This move-from tract is generally located on the west end of Jaramillo Loop Road, approximately 0.05 mile east of NM Highway 304, near Veguita, Socorro County, New Mexico.

The co-applicants further propose to transfer the above-described FDR of 15.0 afa, inclusive of a CIR of 10.5 afa, from the Las Nutrias Lateral Ditch, with a Point of Diversion (POD) on the Rio Grande at the Isleta Diversion Works, SP-1690-3, on land owned by the Pueblo of Isleta and leased to the MRGCD, within projected NE ¼ NE ¼ SW ¼ of Section 24, Township 8 North, Range 2 East, NMPM, at a point where X=346,037 meters, Y=3,863,880 meters intersect, UTM (NAD83), Zone 13N, for the irrigation of 5.0 acres of land owned by David L. Sanchez and Amanda M.E. Sanchez, described as Pt. of Tract B, located on MRGCD Map 122, within projected Section 7, Township 3 North, Range 2 East, NMPM. This move-to tract is directly west of the above-described move-from tract, and generally located on the west end of Jaramillo Loop Road, approximately 0.05 mile east of NM Highway 304, near Veguita, Socorro County, New Mexico.

To view the application and supporting documentation contact the State Engineer District 1 Office at (505) 383-4000 and 5550 San Antonio Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87109 to arrange a date and time for an appointment.

Any person, firm or corporation or other entity asserting standing to file objections or protests shall do so in writing (objection must be legible, signed, and include the writer’s complete name, phone number, email address, and mailing address). If the protest does not include the complete name, phone number, email address, and mailing address, it may be deemed invalid and not accepted for filing unless Protestant provides with the protest an affidavit stating that it does not have one of the above-listed elements/requirements (phone number, mailing address, email address, etc.). The objection to the approval of the application must be based on: (1) Detriment; if detriment, you must specifically identify your water rights; and/or (2) Public Welfare/Conservation of Water; if public welfare or conservation of water within the state of New Mexico, you shall be required to provide evidence showing how you will be substantially and specifically affected. The written protest must be filed, in triplicate, with the State Engineer, 5550 San Antonio Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, on or before November 14, 2022. Facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted as a valid protest if the hard copy is hand-delivered or mailed and postmarked within 24-hours of the facsimile. Mailing postmark will be used to validate the 24-hour period. Protests can be faxed to the Office of the State Engineer, (505) 383-4030. If no valid protest or objection is filed, the State Engineer will evaluate the application in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 72 NMSA 1978.