United Nuclear Corp. v. State ex rel. Martinez

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

United Nuclear Corporation (UNC) appeals from the district court’s dismissal of UNO’s de novo appeal from an administrative ruling of the State Engineer. We reverse the district court and remand for a review on the merits of the administrative ruling.

BACKGROUND

In early 1990, UNC filed Declaration of Owner of Underground Water Right No. G-190 with the State Engineer. In the filing, UNC claimed that prior to the declaration of the Gallup Underground Water Basin, it intended to appropriate and use beneficially 650 gallons per minute of water for uranium processing from its…