A & E Farms State Engineer Office c/o Ethan Wilkins Deming, New Mexico PO Box 1026 December 10, 2021 Hatch, NM 87937 STATE ENGINEER OFFICE NOTICE is hereby given that on December 02, 2021, A&E Farms c/o Ethan Wilkins, PO Box 1026, Hatch, NM 87937, filed with the STATE ENGINEER Application No. M-00472-POD4 to add an additional Point of Diversion under Emergency Authorization (72-12-24 NMSA 1978) within the Mimbres Underground Water Basin of the State of New Mexico. Luna 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 Deming Headlight. The applicant is requesting to commence the use of proposed well M-00472-POD4, to be drilled to a depth not to exceed 500 feet and constructed with 16.00 inch casing, located in the SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 of Section 13, Township 24 South, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M., at approximate latitude 32º13'4.61"N, longitude 107 º55'21.79"W, to be used as a supplemental point of diversion to wells M-00472 located in the NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4 at latitude 32º13'16.23"N, longitude 107º55'35.55"W, M-00472-S located in the at latitude 32º13'15.75"N, longitude 107055'35.77"W, M-00472-S2 located in the at latitude 32º13'4.60"N, longitude 107º55'34.77"W, and M-00472-S3 located in the SE1/4SE1/4NE1/4 at latitude 32º13'3.94"N, longitude 107º55'22.05"W, all in Section 13, Township 24 South, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M., for the continued irrigation of 112.9 acres located in the Pt. E1/2SE1/4 & Pt. SE1/4NE1/4 of Section 13, Township 24 South, Range 11 West, N.M.P.M., for an amount of water not to exceed 338.7 acre-feet per annum with a consumptive use not to exceed 180.64 acre feet per annum for irrigation purposes. The property described in this application is located 1.25 miles south of intersection of NM Highway 418 SW and Pearl Onion Road SW, approximately 11 miles west of Deming, New Mexico in Luna County. Emergency Authorization was requested by the applicant on December 02, 2021, and authorized on December 10, 2021, to drill and use proposed well M-00472-POD4 as an Additional Point of Diversion to State Engineer File M-00472. To view the application and documentation contact the State Engineer District Office to arrange a date and time for an appointment. District 03 Office is located at 321 W. Spruce St., Deming, NM 88030, phone number 575-546-2851. 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) 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 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, 321 W. Spruce St., Deming, NM 88030, phone number 575-546-2851, on or before February 18, 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, 575-546-2290. 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. #50857601, Headlight, January 26, February 2, 9, 2022
