Applications for coal leases shall be made in ink or typewritten, in duplicate, upon forms to be prescribed by the commissioner. The application shall be acknowledged and shall be accompanied by a minimum initial charge of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or the first (1st) year rental, whichever is greater, plus a nonrefundable application fee as set forth in the schedule of fees.
N.M. Admin. Code § 19.2.6.9