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STATE OF NEW MEXICO 

COUNTY OF SAN JUAN 

ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO, ex rel. 

STATE ENGINEER, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

et al., 

Defendants, 

CV-75-184 

HON. JAMES J. WECHSLER 

PRESIDING JUDGE 

SAN JUAN RIVER 

ADJUDICATION 

Claims of Navajo Nation 

Case No: AB-07-1 

SETTLEMENT MOTION 

OF UNITED STATES, NAVAJO NATION AND STATE OF NEW MEXICO 

FOR ENTRY OF PARTIAL FINAL DECREES 

The United States of America (“United States”), the Navajo Nation (“Navajo Nation”) 

and the State of New Mexico ex rel. State Engineer (“State”) (collectively “Settling Parties”) 

hereby submit this Settlement Motion for Entry of Partial Final Decrees (“Settlement Motion”), 

pursuant to the Court’s Order Establishing Initial Procedures for Entry of a Partial Final 

Judgment and Decree of the Water Rights of the Navajo Nation, filed August 19, 2010 

(“Procedural Order”). 

Pursuant to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act of 2009 (Public Law 

111-11; 123 Stat. 1367), the Settlement Parties on December 17, 2010 executed the revised San 

Juan River Basin in New Mexico Navajo Nation Water Rights Settlement Agreement, which is 

attached hereto as Exhibit No. 1 (“Settlement Agreement”). The Settlement Agreement includes 

three appendices: Appendix 1 is the proposed Partial Final Judgment and Decree of the Water
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Rights of the Navajo Nation (“Partial Final Decree”); Appendix 2 is the Proposed Supplemental 

Partial Final Judgment and Decree of the Water Rights of the Navajo Nation (“Supplemental 

Partial Final Decree”); and Appendix 3 contains Waivers and Releases of claims. 

WHEREFORE, in accordance with the expedited inter se procedures set forth in the 

Procedural Order, the Settling Parties request the Court consider and then enter the Partial Final 

Decree and Supplemental Partial Final Decree, thereby finally adjudicating the Navajo Nation’s 

water rights in the San Juan River Basin in New Mexico. 

Respectfully submitted this 29th day of December 2010. 

NAVAJO NATION 

Electronically Approved

Stanley M. Pollack 

Bidtah N. Becker 

M. Kathryn Hoover 

Navajo Nation Department of Justice 

Post Office Drawer 2010 

Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ) 86515 

(928) 871-7510 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

____________________________

Andrew J. “Guss” Guarino 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

1961 Stout Street, 8th Floor 

Denver, CO 80294 

(303) 844-1343 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO 

Arianne Singer 

Tracy L. Hofmann 

Special Assistant Attorneys General 

New Mexico Office of the State Engineer 

P.O. Box 25102 

Santa Fe, NM 87504-5102 

(505) 827-6150 
Electronically Approved 

John W. Utton 

Special Assistant Attorney General 

Sheehan & Sheehan, P.A 

Post Office Box 271 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 

(505) 247-0411 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

Pursuant to the Procedural Order (page 12, subsection II.A), I hereby certify that a true 

and accurate PDF copy of this Settlement Motion for Entry of Partial Final Decrees was served 

this 29th day of December 2010 to counsel listed on Attachment "A." 

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Attachment A 

Stanley M. Pollack 

Bidtah N. Becker 

Navajo Nation Department of Justice 

Post Office Drawer 20 10 

Window Rock, Navajo Nation (AZ) 86515 

smpollack@nndoj.org

bbecker@nndoj.org

DL Sanders 

Arianne Singer 

Tracy L. Hofmann 

Special Assistant Attorneys General 

New Mexico Office of the State Engineer 

P.O. Box 25102 

Santa Fe, NM 87504-5102 

Tracy.hofmann@state.nm.us

Arianne.singer@state.nm.us

John Utton 

Special Assistant Attorney General 

Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, P.A 

Post Office Box 271 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 

jwu@sheehansheehan.com

Jolene L. McCaleb and Elizabeth Taylor 

Attorneys for the San Juan Water 

Commission 

Taylor & McCaleb, P.A. 

P.O. Box 2540 

Corrales, NM 87048-2540 

etaylor@taylormccaleb.com

jmccaleb@tay;lormccaleb.com

Victor R. Marshall 

Attorneys for San Juan Agricultural 

Water Users Association and Hammond 

Conservancy District 

12509 Oakland NE 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87122 

victor@vrmarshall.com

Gary Horner 

Bloomfield Irrigation District 

P.O. Box 2497 

Farmington, NM 87499 

ghorner@zianet.com

Daniel Israel 

Attorney for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 

1315 Bear mountain Drive 

Boulder, CO 80305 

adamatronics@comcast.net

Richard B. Cole 

Attorney for the Cities of Aztec, 

Broomfield, and Farmington 

Keleher and McLeod, P.A. 

P.O. Box AA 

Albuquerque, NM 87103 

rbc@keleher-law.com

Herb Becker 

Attorney for the Jicarilla Apache Tribe 

2909 Renard Place S.E. Suite 200 

Albuquerque, NM 87106 

Herb.becker@jaassociatesnm.com

Gary Risley 

Attorney for North Start Water Users Assn 

The Risley Law Firm, Esq. 

4991 North Butler Avenue 

Farmington, NM 87401 

gary@risleylaw.com

Maria O’Brien 

Attorney for San Juan Coal Company (BHP) 

Modrall Sperling 

PO Box 2168 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103 

mobrien@modrall.com

Special Master Stephen Snyder 

4 Manzano Road 

Corrales NM 87048 

sesnyder@q.com