Assist neighbors in a North Valley neighborhood of Albuquerque protest an air quality permit for the expansion of the American Cement transfer station located in the middle of their community. The new permit allows the transfer station to drastically increase emissions and change its hours of operation from 11 hours a day/6 days a week, to “operating continuously” 24 hours a day. Our clients are concerned that the up-tick of activity will degrade the already polluted air over their neighborhood.

02/26/2010 - The NMELC filed a settlement for our clients with the Albuquerque-Bernalillo Air Quality Control Board today. Our clients obtained major environmental protection that were lacking in the permit that the Air Quality Division issued last fall. The settlement will go before the Board on a motion for approval and dismissal of the appeal on March 10, 2010.

02/05/2010 - The hearing in front of the board has been postponed pending an attempt to arrive at a mediated settlement of the case.

01/11/2010 - Public hearing in front of the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board is scheduled for February 22nd.

Mexican-American community working to prevent the siting of another landfill in their town.

NM Supreme Court decision (7/05) can be found here.

NM Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that NMED must evaluate public input during permitting process; public hearing reopened in 2007

Assist community in obtaining better operating conditions at a grain processing facility.

Working with clients to prevent oil and gas drilling that would be detrimental to human health, and environmental and cultural resources in Mora County, the 17th poorest county in the U.S.

09/25/2009 - “Who has more say in Mora County? Citizens or Shell?“ from Drilling Santa Fe Blog.

09/01/2009 - The Law Center has submitted comments on he Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

07/31/2009 - Currently working to see if it will be possible to adapt the Santa Fe County’s drilling ordinance to Mora County.