NOTICE is hereby given that on May 25, 2022, Kathleen Cruz with co-applicants Patsy M. Hubrina, Marvin V. Garcia, and the Estate of Mela H. Garcia, all applicants c/o WaterBank, 610 Gold Ave SW, Suite 111, Albuquerque, NM 87102, filed Application No. (SD-10121 into RG-98586)-T with the STATE ENGINEER for Permit to Temporarily Change Point of Diversion, Place, and Purpose of Use from Surface Water to Ground Water within the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin of the State of New Mexico.

Valencia 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 Valencia County News-Bulletin.

Per a Water Use Lease, NMSA 1978, §§ 76-6-1 to 7, the applicants propose to temporarily discontinue from June 15, 2022, to June 15, 2025 (3 years) the diversion of 1.26 acre-feet per annum (afa) of surface water, inclusive of a consumptive irrigation requirement (cir) of 0.88 afa, from the Peralta Main Canal with a point of diversion located at the Isleta Diversion Works (SP-1690-3) located in the NE1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4 of Section 24, Township 8 North, Range 2 East, NMPM, at a point where X=346,037 meters, Y=3,863,880 meters, UTM (NAD83), on land owned by the Pueblo of Isleta and leased to MRGCD, for the irrigation of 0.42 acre of land owned by Patsy M. Hubrina, Marvin V. Garcia, and the Estate of Mela H. Garcia described as Tract 116-B-2-B (0.42 acre) on MRGCD Map 89 in Section 28, Township 6 North, Range 2 East, NMPM in Valencia County. Said move-from land is located directly west of State Highway 47 at the intersection of Highway 47 and Barrelas Trl in the Town of Tome, NM 87060.

The applicants further propose to temporarily transfer for the 3-year time period the subject 0.88 afa cir to well no. RG-98586, located at a point where X=341,407 meters and Y=3,842,835 meters, UTM (NAD83), Zone 13N, for irrigation, commercial, indoor and outdoor greenhouse, and primarily drip irrigation purposes on 1.67 acres of land, owned by Kathleen Cruz, described as Tract 110-A-1 of Lands of Robert Sedillo on MRGCD Map 89 in Valencia County. Said move-to land is located directly northwest of the intersection of State Highway 47 and Sedillo Rd, approximately 500 ft southeast of the move-from land in the Town of Tome, NM 87060.

Any person, firm or corporation or other entity having 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). The objection to the approval of the application must be based on: (1) Impairment; if impairment, 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 must show how you will be substantially and specifically affected. The written protest must be filed, in triplicate, with the State Engineer, 5550 San Antonio Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, by September 2, 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.

Published in the Valencia County News-Bulletin: July 7, 14, 21, 2022

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