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Impact Report

2016 Year In Review:

Protecting New Mexico’s communities

and our air, land and water in the fight

for environmental justice.

2016 Clients:

Amigos BravosColonias Development CouncilCommunities for Clean WaterConcerned Citizens for Nuclear SafetyEarthworksEastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM)

Friends of Santa Fe CountyGila Conservation CoalitionGila Resources Information Project (GRIP)Honor Our Pueblo Existence (H.O.P.E.)IndividualsLea County Concerned CitizensMariano Lake Chapter CitizensMesquite Community Action CommitteeMulticultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE)

New Mexico Health Equity Working GroupNuclear Watch New MexicoOil and Gas Accountability ProjectPajarito Village AssociationRed Water Pond Road Community Assoc.Rio Bonito PreserveRio Grande Chapter of the Sierra ClubRio Valle Concerned CitizensSouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP)Taos PuebloTEWA Women UnitedTurner Ranch Properties

NMELC 2016 DOCKET

16Uranium Mining& Reclamation

9Federal Facilities(LANL / KAFB)

5Air Quality

5HardrockMining

4Water Rights &Speculation

4Oil & GasDrilling

3IndustrialDairies

5Other

Representation byCASE TYPE

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By the end of 2016 we knew the road ahead was going to be arocky one. We didn’t know then just how difficult it would be. But as I write this letter in spring 2017, it’s clear that our environment – and low-income communities and communities ofcolor that often bear the brunt of environmental degradation – are going to be even more vulnerable over the next four years.

In New Mexico, we have been dealing since 2011 with an administration that favors the financial interests of industry and development over the basic protections of individual residents’ health and wellbeing. We fought hard every day of 2016 to preserve protective regulations, promote safe and sustainable industry practices, and to defend the right of the public to participate in rulemaking processes.

As you’ll see in our Top 10 list of case highlights through the year,we achieved a number of important successes. Environmental lawis a long game. Some victories, such as the hard-won terminationof the Churchrock uranium permit, are meaningful outcomes forour clients. Other successes came in the form of simply preservingthe right to keep fighting. This is important, as while we are fighting,often the destructive activity we are fighting against cannot moveforward.

We vow to fight just as hard when rollbacks of federal regulationsand decimation of protective agencies such as the EnvironmentalProtection Agency itself threaten harm to the air we breathe, thewater we drink, and the land we inhabit here in New Mexico. And we promise to keep fighting our own state administrationwhen necessary to protect our resources and our communities as well. The fight can only happen with your support.

2017 Law Center Board of Directors

Michael Casaus, Albuquerque, President

Eileen Gauna, Albuquerque, Vice-President

Ramón Padilla, Jr., Las Cruces, Secretary

Harry Browne, Treasurer, Silver City

Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo

Stuart Bluestone, Santa Fe

Sandy Buffett, Albuquerque

Susanne Hoffman-Dooley, Santa Fe

Donna House, Alcalde

Renee Ingold, Fallbrook, CA

A. Paul Mitchell, Albuquerque

Terry Odendahl, Boulder, CO

Kitty Richards, Albuquerque

Juan Reynosa, Albuquerque

Frank Sanchez, Roswell

Law Center Staff

Jonathan M. Block, Staff Attorney

Juana Colón, Public Education Officer

Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney

Janiece Jonsin, Administrative Assistant

Shelbie Knox, Development Officer

Elizabeth Lee, Director of Philanthropy

Douglas Meiklejohn, Executive Director

Yana Merrill, Director of Administration & Finance

Jaimie Park, Staff Attorney

Baxter, Brisa and Lulu, Office Dogs

NMELC Annual Report

Douglas MeiklejohnExecutive Director

Thank you for making it possible. If you have any questions aboutour accounting, please contactYana Merrill, Director ofAdministration and Finance, at ymerrill@nmelc.org or call(505) 989-9022.

2016 Unaudited Financial Report( January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)

2016Cover photo: Protesting the proposed Santolina mega-development, courtesy of SWOP

Total Income: $815,347

58%Foundations

31%Individuals &

Green BusinessPartners

5%5% 1%

78%Program Expenses

General community & Native American

representation

15%Development

& fundraising

7%

Bequests realized • • Special Events, Products, Interest & market gains

Total Expenses: $935,321

Fees & Cost•reimbursements

Administration& general •

Foundation revenue does not include multi-year grants pledged in 2016 and does not include revenue from multi-year

grants booked in earlier years, as required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

2 www. nmelc.org 3Photo: ©2015 Marjorie Kamine

By the end of 2016 we knew the road ahead was going to be arocky one. We didn’t know then just how difficult it would be. But as I write this letter in spring 2017, it’s clear that our environment – and low-income communities and communities ofcolor that often bear the brunt of environmental degradation – are going to be even more vulnerable over the next four years.

In New Mexico, we have been dealing since 2011 with an administration that favors the financial interests of industry and development over the basic protections of individual residents’ health and wellbeing. We fought hard every day of 2016 to preserve protective regulations, promote safe and sustainable industry practices, and to defend the right of the public to participate in rulemaking processes.

As you’ll see in our Top 10 list of case highlights through the year,we achieved a number of important successes. Environmental lawis a long game. Some victories, such as the hard-won terminationof the Churchrock uranium permit, are meaningful outcomes forour clients. Other successes came in the form of simply preservingthe right to keep fighting. This is important, as while we are fighting,often the destructive activity we are fighting against cannot moveforward.

We vow to fight just as hard when rollbacks of federal regulationsand decimation of protective agencies such as the EnvironmentalProtection Agency itself threaten harm to the air we breathe, thewater we drink, and the land we inhabit here in New Mexico. And we promise to keep fighting our own state administrationwhen necessary to protect our resources and our communities as well. The fight can only happen with your support.

2017 Law Center Board of Directors

Michael Casaus, Albuquerque, President

Eileen Gauna, Albuquerque, Vice-President

Ramón Padilla, Jr., Las Cruces, Secretary

Harry Browne, Treasurer, Silver City

Myron Armijo, Santa Ana Pueblo

Stuart Bluestone, Santa Fe

Sandy Buffett, Albuquerque

Susanne Hoffman-Dooley, Santa Fe

Donna House, Alcalde

Renee Ingold, Fallbrook, CA

A. Paul Mitchell, Albuquerque

Terry Odendahl, Boulder, CO

Kitty Richards, Albuquerque

Juan Reynosa, Albuquerque

Frank Sanchez, Roswell

Law Center Staff

Jonathan M. Block, Staff Attorney

Juana Colón, Public Education Officer

Eric Jantz, Staff Attorney

Janiece Jonsin, Administrative Assistant

Shelbie Knox, Development Officer

Elizabeth Lee, Director of Philanthropy

Douglas Meiklejohn, Executive Director

Yana Merrill, Director of Administration & Finance

Jaimie Park, Staff Attorney

Baxter, Brisa and Lulu, Office Dogs

NMELC Annual Report

Douglas MeiklejohnExecutive Director

Thank you for making it possible. If you have any questions aboutour accounting, please contactYana Merrill, Director ofAdministration and Finance, at ymerrill@nmelc.org or call(505) 989-9022.

2016 Unaudited Financial Report( January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016)

2016Cover photo: Protesting the proposed Santolina mega-development, courtesy of SWOP

Total Income: $815,347

58%Foundations

31%Individuals &

Green BusinessPartners

5%5% 1%

78%Program Expenses

General community & Native American

representation

15%Development

& fundraising

7%

Bequests realized • • Special Events, Products, Interest & market gains

Total Expenses: $935,321

Fees & Cost•reimbursements

Administration& general •

Foundation revenue does not include multi-year grants pledged in 2016 and does not include revenue from multi-year

grants booked in earlier years, as required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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Once again, the Law Center held the line at the State Legislature! Thanks to persistent efforts by executive

director Doug Meiklejohn and our many allies at the Roundhouse, not a single bad environmental bill got

through in the 2016 session.

In a case that threatens drinking water for half a million residents of Albuquerque, the Law Centerentered into negotiations with the US Air Force to push for expedited cleanup of more than 24 million

gallons of highly carcinogenic jet fuel that was discovered in 1999 to be leaking from a facility on the

Kirtland Air Force Base. The toxic underground plume is moving toward several drinking water wells.

The Air Force requested the confidential negotiations after the Law Center filed intent of notice to sue on

behalf of SWOP, two state senators and several Albuquerque residents.

In a hard-fought and welcome victory, we won our case to force the State to terminate a groundwater discharge permit for a new, controversial uranium mine proposed near Church Rock, NM.

Without a valid permit, mining cannot begin at the site.

In a very disappointing decision, the New Mexico Supreme Court declined to hear ourappeal of the Pit Rule, which governs the storage and disposal of wastes at oil and gas

drilling pits in the state. Serving as co-counsel with the New Mexico Wilderness

Alliance, representing Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project, the Law Center

had been fighting to overturn the Rule since it was gutted in 2013.

In a major victory for our clients fighting the proposed Santolina mega-development on

the western edge of Albuquerque, the 2nd Judicial District Court denied three attempts by our

opponent to get our appeals of the Level A Master Plan dismissed. As of press time, we are waiting for

a ruling on our arguments against the scheme, including that the developers have not proven the project

has water. Executive director Doug Meiklejohn and staff attorney Jaimie Park continue to fight approval

of the next step in the developer’s path, the Level B Master Plan.

Law Center staff attorney Jon Block and our client, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, filed a lawsuit in federal

court against the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, the for-profit operator of Los

Alamos National Laboratory, over failure to meet critical cleanupmilestones under a 2005 “Consent Order” they agreed to with theNew Mexico Environment Department. Our suit claims

12 violations of missed deadlines, of up to 675 days each.

Our initial cost estimate of the alleged violations? $300 million

and counting!

Bringing the (former) might of the EPA down on local polluters, the agency decided to

investigate the Albuquerque Air Board for civil rights violations after Law Center staff

attorney Eric Jantz and our client SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) filed a complaint

against it for ignoring poor air quality in environmental justice neighborhoods. Following theEPA notice, the Board agreed to respond to complaints in writing and to engage in informal dispute resolution with SWOP. Since Trump took office, however, the Board has taken no substantive

or meaningful steps toward addressing the problems.

In an Inspection of Public Records Act request related to

proposed ground water regulation amendments, staff attorney Jaimie Park discovered a literal "Hit List" of protective environmental regulations that the state Environment Department had targeted for attack. Jaimie filed comprehensive comments on the proposed

amendments to surface and groundwater regulations,

which constitute an attempt to limit public participation in

the permitting process and roll back standards for certain

contaminants. A hearing will be held in the future.

Eight years after it began, the Law Center and our client, the Rio Bonito Preserve, closed a successful case that will

help keep water running in the beautiful Rio Bonito,

which flows through Lincoln County.

Culminating more than four years of fighting the statewide Copper Rule, the Law Center presented oral argument

before the state Supreme Court.The rule, adopted in 2013, is

the first regulation since the state’s

adoption of its Water Quality Act in 1967 that allows an entire industry to

intentionally pollute groundwater. The court’s ruling will set

precedent for how New Mexico protects water at industrial

sites throughout the state. As of publication, the court has

not yet issued its decision. This was our last line of

defense – until the next governor takes office…

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In 2016, the New Mexico State Engineer gave Augustin Plains Ranch, LLCa chance to resubmit its failed application for more than 17 billion gallonsof water annually. NMELC represents nearly 100 residents of west-centralNew Mexico in their effort to defeat the Ranch's speculative scheme.

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Once again, the Law Center held the line at the State Legislature! Thanks to persistent efforts by executive

director Doug Meiklejohn and our many allies at the Roundhouse, not a single bad environmental bill got

through in the 2016 session.

In a case that threatens drinking water for half a million residents of Albuquerque, the Law Centerentered into negotiations with the US Air Force to push for expedited cleanup of more than 24 million

gallons of highly carcinogenic jet fuel that was discovered in 1999 to be leaking from a facility on the

Kirtland Air Force Base. The toxic underground plume is moving toward several drinking water wells.

The Air Force requested the confidential negotiations after the Law Center filed intent of notice to sue on

behalf of SWOP, two state senators and several Albuquerque residents.

In a hard-fought and welcome victory, we won our case to force the State to terminate a groundwater discharge permit for a new, controversial uranium mine proposed near Church Rock, NM.

Without a valid permit, mining cannot begin at the site.

In a very disappointing decision, the New Mexico Supreme Court declined to hear ourappeal of the Pit Rule, which governs the storage and disposal of wastes at oil and gas

drilling pits in the state. Serving as co-counsel with the New Mexico Wilderness

Alliance, representing Earthworks’ Oil and Gas Accountability Project, the Law Center

had been fighting to overturn the Rule since it was gutted in 2013.

In a major victory for our clients fighting the proposed Santolina mega-development on

the western edge of Albuquerque, the 2nd Judicial District Court denied three attempts by our

opponent to get our appeals of the Level A Master Plan dismissed. As of press time, we are waiting for

a ruling on our arguments against the scheme, including that the developers have not proven the project

has water. Executive director Doug Meiklejohn and staff attorney Jaimie Park continue to fight approval

of the next step in the developer’s path, the Level B Master Plan.

Law Center staff attorney Jon Block and our client, Nuclear Watch New Mexico, filed a lawsuit in federal

court against the Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Security, the for-profit operator of Los

Alamos National Laboratory, over failure to meet critical cleanupmilestones under a 2005 “Consent Order” they agreed to with theNew Mexico Environment Department. Our suit claims

12 violations of missed deadlines, of up to 675 days each.

Our initial cost estimate of the alleged violations? $300 million

and counting!

Bringing the (former) might of the EPA down on local polluters, the agency decided to

investigate the Albuquerque Air Board for civil rights violations after Law Center staff

attorney Eric Jantz and our client SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP) filed a complaint

against it for ignoring poor air quality in environmental justice neighborhoods. Following theEPA notice, the Board agreed to respond to complaints in writing and to engage in informal dispute resolution with SWOP. Since Trump took office, however, the Board has taken no substantive

or meaningful steps toward addressing the problems.

In an Inspection of Public Records Act request related to

proposed ground water regulation amendments, staff attorney Jaimie Park discovered a literal "Hit List" of protective environmental regulations that the state Environment Department had targeted for attack. Jaimie filed comprehensive comments on the proposed

amendments to surface and groundwater regulations,

which constitute an attempt to limit public participation in

the permitting process and roll back standards for certain

contaminants. A hearing will be held in the future.

Eight years after it began, the Law Center and our client, the Rio Bonito Preserve, closed a successful case that will

help keep water running in the beautiful Rio Bonito,

which flows through Lincoln County.

Culminating more than four years of fighting the statewide Copper Rule, the Law Center presented oral argument

before the state Supreme Court.The rule, adopted in 2013, is

the first regulation since the state’s

adoption of its Water Quality Act in 1967 that allows an entire industry to

intentionally pollute groundwater. The court’s ruling will set

precedent for how New Mexico protects water at industrial

sites throughout the state. As of publication, the court has

not yet issued its decision. This was our last line of

defense – until the next governor takes office…

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In 2016, the New Mexico State Engineer gave Augustin Plains Ranch, LLCa chance to resubmit its failed application for more than 17 billion gallonsof water annually. NMELC represents nearly 100 residents of west-centralNew Mexico in their effort to defeat the Ranch's speculative scheme.

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Thank you! Your generous support makes our work possible.Institutional FundersAnonymousAlbuquerque Community Foundation, Sage FundHerb Block FoundationBrindle FoundationCaprock Fund of Tides Foundation, on the recommendation of Ms. Kappy Wells

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Thank you! Your generous support makes our work possible.Institutional FundersAnonymousAlbuquerque Community Foundation, Sage FundHerb Block FoundationBrindle FoundationCaprock Fund of Tides Foundation, on the recommendation of Ms. Kappy Wells

Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area

Con Alma Health FoundationDawn Hill FundDesert Southwest Combined Federal CampaignDottie J. Barrett Giving AccountDouglass Family FoundationEMA FoundationJames M. Ewell Charitable FoundationW.K. Kellogg FoundationCharlotte L. Kiser Charitable TrustLannan FoundationMax and Anna Levinson FoundationLivingry FoundationMaki FoundationMills Family FoundationMumford Family FoundationNew Cycle FoundationNew Mexico Community FoundationLynda Taylor Environment, Education and Social Justice Fund, New Mexico Community Fdn.

New Society FundNew-Land FoundationThe Dennis A. O'Toole Family FoundationPatagonia, Inc.PrairieFire FoundationSanta Fe Community FoundationBlair-Weisfeld Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.Cabin Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.Cabin Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.Castagnola Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.Helen R. Homans Advised Donor Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.

Just Woke Up Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn. New Cycle Foundation, Santa Fe Community Fdn.Sanford and Jane Brickner Advised Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.

Second Anonymous Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.

Susan and Conrad De Jong Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.

TW Family Fund, Santa Fe Community Fdn.Schwab and Donegan Gift FundSierra Club FoundationSulica FundThornburg FoundationTurner FoundationUnited Way of Central New MexicoUnited Way of Northern New Mexico

Individual DonorsAnonymousThomas and Carol AagesonRick and Kathy AbelesNaomi AberlyRachel AberlyEsther AbeytaAnn AcevesMercedes M. Agogino, Ph.D.Ann Alexander, MD, and Richard KhanlianDaniel and Cynthia AllanKristina Alley, SFAJonathan and Kathleen Altman FoundationArden and Heather AndersonNeal Apple and Vicki AllenAmber ArcherMichael ArmstrongChris BakerDiana BakerReid Bandeen and Vickie PeckLeslie BarclayPaul Bardacke and Lisa EnfieldSusan BardesAvelina Bardwell, MDMichele Barlow and Phil PolzerMike Batte and Wanda Kile

Ann Hardy BatumAnne E. BeckettSusan BellReed and Melinda BensonJean L. BergeronAmy BertelliCrawford BestPaul and Ellen BidermanGarland BillsSallie BinghamSusan Binneweg and Owen JonesFred and Daryl BlackBillie Blair and Gene WeisfeldJoyce BlalockStuart M. Bluestone, Esq.Michele Boccia & Lewis SawatzkyTony BonannoKaren Bonime and Richard WeinerAdriano BravoJane BricknerGrace Brill and Daniel SchwartzWilliam BrineyMichael BrowdeLynda and Donald BrownPolly Brown and David FowlerTimothy BrownHarry BrowneJ & M BuchholzJudith BuckinghamSandy BuffettDavid W BurlingMary Ellen Burns-GonzalesVirginia BurrisJay Bush and Peggy RudbergJ.A. CardenMary Jo CareyMichael CasausEllen Casey and Nubia DomresLiliana CastilloJohn CatronMr. and Mrs. Thomas B. CatronCarolyn ChambersRod ChambersSusan Chappell, Esq.Wendy ChaseBarbara ChatterjeePeter and Elizabeth ChestnutP.R.ChristieCecilia ClarkJack and Cindy ClarkCamille CoatesA.T. and Cinda ColeJuana ColónCarol CondiePhilip and Quarrier CookDianne C. Cress & Jon B. McCorkellMichael and Jennie CrewsFlorence CromwellBill and Liz CrosmanMargo CutlerNancy DahlRoger and Jeanne DaiggerRichard and Barbara DavisNancy DaySteven DaytonCharles de SaillanRuss DealBryan and Beverley DeesGlen DeGarmoMarcia and George deGarmoMichael and Sheryl DeGenringAllison Dellinger & Ches HortenstineAnita DemingElaine DiersEileen DoddsDavid Doezema, M.D.Phyllis DolhinowMichael DonlanDavid and Rebecca DonohueDale DoremusJamie DouglassBruce Driver Charitable FundStephen Dubner

Spin DunbarEllen and Bill DupuyGreg Dye and Estevan TrujilloMary DyktonKathleen EconomyConnie Eichstaedt & Alan OsborneElizabeth EllistonBernard Ewell and Sali RandellAllison Muller FabaraFairholm Builders, Inc.James FarisStuart Feen and Sunny SonnenscheinMaria FellinElla Joan FenoglioElizabeth FergusonKathleen FieroKristina Fisher and Phil CarterBarbara FixThomas & Nancy Florsheim Family Fdn Richard and Karen FordWallace and Valerie FordLisa FosterJennifer Fowler-PropstLisa FreemanMartha Anne FreemanDody FugateJamie Gagan, M.D.Gwendolyn Gallagher and Don KrierFaith GarfieldEileen GaunaNicholas GentrySheila GershenMarvin J. Godner, M.D.The Golden EyeDick GoldsmithCarol GoodmanEda GordonSusan GordonTom GormanFancher GoteskyJoel and Cherrin GreenGeorge Greer, M.D. & Requa TolbertGila Tree ThinnersSharon GrossJana Gunnell, M.D., MPHPeter Hagen & Lindsay Faulkner HagenGail and Daryl HaggardJim HannanWendell and Harriett HarrisRichard and Anna HarrisonJonathan E. HartshorneDon and Cheryl HastingsSteven HechtGary HeinKaren Heldmeyer, Ph.D.Juliana HendersonGregg Henry and Wenda TrevathanEllen and Bruce HerrMatthew and Julia Meredith HessAnn and Jerry HicksCatherine HillChristianne HinksRobert and Patricia HintonPaula Mays HodgesSusanne Hoffman-Dooley, JD, and Con Dooley, MD

Dave and Liddy HollandRosemary HollandAnita HoltzElizabeth HooblerElaine HounsellDonna HouseMs. Jeanette HowardHank and Bonney HughesTracy M. HughesPaul Hultin and Vicki LaszloTim HunterJoanna HurleyJeffrey Huser and Debra Colonna-Huser

Don HydeTova IndritzRenee Ingold

Diane JacobyPatricia JahodaSuzanne JamisonKitty JansenAmy JenkinsTom and Carlyn JervisSam and Isabel JewellRichard and Ella JonesMark and Susan KalinNorty and Summers KalishmanMarjorie KamineHeather Karlson and Bill LeesonDiane KarpDr. Kirt KempterCynthia KiersnowskiLarry J KingHolly KinleyGayle KinseyDon Kirby and Joan GentryRichard Klein and Claire ZoellerPat KlockShelbie Knox and David ClarkSandra KoenigRuth and Paul KovnatPatricia KuhlhoffDiana LahmJoan Bluestone LandorfMichael and Barbara LangnerEllen LaPennaDavid and Barbara LarsonRobin LaughlinKirsten LearElizabeth LeeLynn LeeEllen LeitzerDeirdre LennihanGreg and Amy LewisEdwina LiebJason A. LillegravenMichael W. and Diane LilleyCarlie Lines and B.C. RimbeauxDebra LinkJane LipmanLucy LippardLarry and Julianne LittlefieldJohn Loges & Lori Remegio-LogesMargaret LoydArabelle LuckhardtMr. and Mrs. Donald LundgrenSonia MacdonaldOuida MacGregorKimberly MacloudCarol MadleyLaurie MaitreHal MaloneEileen MandelMichael MandellClaire MandevilleSarah MangesJames C. and Sherry MartinAlexandria J. MartinezJames A. McGrathBarbara McIntyreAlexander M. MeiklejohnColin MeiklejohnDouglas and Harriet MeiklejohnStuart MeiklejohnDaniel MeriansYana MerrillLinda MilanesiBetsy MillardMatthew MillerRobbie MillerDavid MillikenRalph MilnesKaren Milstein, PhD, and Phil Milstein, MD

Charlotte MinterA. Paul and Genevieve MitchellLois Mohr and Tom ArnerDennis MontoyaAndrew MooneyJulia Moore

Susan MorganLetitia MorrisSusan MorrisLinda G MowbrayVirginia Mudd and Clifford BurkeWerner and Helen MullerAnn MumfordJames MurphyPaula MusettaPhil Musser and Carol MacLennanShirley Ann MyersJulia and Albert NathansonJudith NaumbergJean NeblettSharon Kellum Neuman andRichard Neuman

News Corp GivingBetsy NicholsCharles NobleSteven OakeyElizabeth O'BrienChristopher O'ConnorTerry OdendahlWilliam C. OlsonPeter and Jean OssorioDennis and Trudy O’TooleLois OwensGeorge and Elise PackardRamon PadillaRonald ParryJim and Jan PattersonDavid and Therese PattonCharles and Sharon PedersenVan and Katherine PerkinsRoger PetersonPatricia PhelpsStephen and Rodene PhillipsGlenn Conroy & Jane Phillips-ConroySarah Piltch and David HeberEllen PinnesRay and Carol PittmanPlastic Bottle CorporationDan and Nancy PotterCharles M. PowersV.B. and Rini PriceBetty PritchardJennifer Pruett and Kennan GirdnerSheila PugachJoan QuinnDr. Patrick and Stacy QuinnBonnie RaittBishop Ricardo RamirezEdward and Melanie RanneyMary RayMargaret and Lewis ReadeLee ReynisGeri RhodesJean RichardsKitty Richards and Chuck LoganRonald RinkerMichael RipbergerRhonda RiveraEdward Roden-LuceroHilario RomeroDavid Rose and Ceil MurrayRose Mountain, Inc.Ellen Rosen and Bruce ReynoldsDena RossPatsie and Paul MilasevichPamela RoyVicente RoybalRichard J. RubinSanty D. SaccoKent SalazarDavid M. SalmanMarjorie R. and William J. SalmanAllen and Mary Anne SanbornJohn McAllen Scanlan Robert SchillerRich Schrader & Carol Gish SchraderMerry Schroeder & David MatthewsMary SchrubenNan Schwanfelder

Ira and Lorraine SchwartzNorman A. SegelDonna J. SeifertBruce ShahGeoff and Catherine ShandlerLaurence Shandler, M.D., & Joan ShandlerDeborah ShapiroPatricia A. SheelyBetsy SheilsDanielle ShelleyBetsy and Tom ShillinglawLinda SiegleJanet SimonPat SimonsKen and Martha SimonsenWater Singing-on-the-RocksDaryl and Lucia SmithJane Smith-DeckerLeona SonneSherill SpaarTheodore SpencerElliot Steinberg, Esq.Natali SteinbergStephens and AssociatesEliza StewartJean StokesNancy StoneGavin F. StrathdeeKim Straus, Jack Lain & Jose Lain-StrausPersis SuddethCathie SullivanKristine SuozziScott SwearingenKaren and Bob SweeneyJane SwiftT & E IncorporatedJohn and Katie TauxeEdwina TaylorMargo TaylorFred TeitelbaumAlice Temple and Frank HerdmanMr. and Mrs. Simon TeolisBeverly TerryAija ThacherGordon and Mary Anne ThompsonTodd Tibbals and Andrea EscherMary TollJere and Harry TurnerRobert Lawrence & Olive Wilkinson Turnipseed

Mary UhlKristin and Ross UlibarriUnited Church of Santa FeEric Unzicker, MDAlice Van BurenRoderick Ventura and Josette HaddadStephen VerchinskiDonna and John VogelWendy VolkmannGarret and Sandra VreelandAdair Waldenberg and Jon PeckRichard & Carol Warren L. WatchempinoAnne Weaver and Stephen ThompsonAlan Webber and Frances DiemozMaurice WebsterKappy WellsStanley WernickJoan and Truel WestPeter T. WhiteRobert WickhamAnne Heath WidmarkRichard and Martha WilderPaul WilkenMarie B. Wilkinson and Cyril ChristoJohn and Carolyn WilsonEmily WolfJohn H. Wood, Jr.Patricia WoodPeter and Maureen WurzburgerMichael ZimberNaida Zucker and Richard Spellenberg

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Time and Talents Given By:Diana BakerLynda BrownLara ChristensenColin CoxJamie DouglassBruce Frederick, Esq.Robert L. Hiller, Esq.Tracy M. Hughes, Esq.Paul Hultin, Esq.Marjorie KamineWarren MarrMarilyn Maxwell Pat McDanielColin McKenzieMichelle MosserPhil MusserWilliam Olson, P.E.Alice SealeyJohn Stroud, Esq.Cathie SullivanAlice van BurenRoderick Ventura, Esq.Garret Vreeland Emma WarrenJoan West

Gifts Made in Memory Of:Winston O. AbbottJames B. Alley Jr.Frank BellFlorence DobrinskiGene HaberSebia HawkinsDavid HendersonSusan HertelGwen IfillKeith A. KellumGeraldine KilpatrickWalter MaslowiczDonald and Betty MeiklejohnElizabeth MeiklejohnRobert J. MyersPaul V. ThompsonMary Tony Young

Gifts Made in Honor Of:Tom and Carol AagesonJessica AberlyRichard Ford, Ph.D.Taran HunterRobin LaughlinDouglas MeiklejohnMeiklejohn Legacy CircleRose MillerAlan Osborne and Connie Eichstaedt

2016 BequestsElaine HounsellBonnie JacobsEugene and Jane Petchesky Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation

Meiklejohn Legacy CircleAnonymous - 5Blythe Baebler*Stuart BluestoneSandy BuffettMary DyktonBarbara FixDon and Lorraine Goldman*Harriett and Wendell HarrisElaine Hounsell*Frances (Bonnie) Jacobs*Shelbie KnoxMichael and Diane LilleyOuida MacGregorLois A. MohrAndrew Nowak*Peter and Jean OssorioEugene and Jane Petchesky* FundDavid RoseEugene Simon**deceased

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New Mexico Environmental Law Center |

Impact Report

2016 Year In Review:

Protecting New Mexico’s communities

and our air, land and water in the fight

for environmental justice.

2016 Clients:

Amigos BravosColonias Development CouncilCommunities for Clean WaterConcerned Citizens for Nuclear SafetyEarthworksEastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM)

Friends of Santa Fe CountyGila Conservation CoalitionGila Resources Information Project (GRIP)Honor Our Pueblo Existence (H.O.P.E.)IndividualsLea County Concerned CitizensMariano Lake Chapter CitizensMesquite Community Action CommitteeMulticultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE)

New Mexico Health Equity Working GroupNuclear Watch New MexicoOil and Gas Accountability ProjectPajarito Village AssociationRed Water Pond Road Community Assoc.Rio Bonito PreserveRio Grande Chapter of the Sierra ClubRio Valle Concerned CitizensSouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP)Taos PuebloTEWA Women UnitedTurner Ranch Properties

NMELC 2016 DOCKET

16Uranium Mining& Reclamation

9Federal Facilities(LANL / KAFB)

5Air Quality

5HardrockMining

4Water Rights &Speculation

4Oil & GasDrilling

3IndustrialDairies

5Other

Representation byCASE TYPE