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Brian Yardman-Frank

Assistant General Counsel, NM Environment Department (NMED)

verification: primary-source

NMED's assistant general counsel and counsel of record in the air-permit docket, who circulated the July 2, 2026 Notice of Docketing and followed up on the hearing officer's service contract.

At a glance

Current role: Assistant General Counsel, NM Environment Department (NMED)^[1]
Category: Attorney
Jurisdiction: State of New Mexico
Verification: primary-source — Read off the primary document itself
In the record: 1 sources · 1 connections · 1 dated entries
Record id: PJP186

Key facts

Counsel of record in AQB 26-57 and co-author of the Department's July 2026 Position Statement.^[1]
2026-07-02On July 2, 2026, circulated the signed Notice of Docketing, explaining it served “to appoint the hearing officer and delegate decision authority to Deputy Secretary John Rhoderick.”^[1]
2026-07-09On July 9, 2026, wrote to the hearing officer, copying ERG's Susan Day, to check whether the new service contract was in place before setting the scheduling conference.^[1]

The record

Assistant General Counsel, New Mexico Environment Department; counsel of record in AQB 26-57 and co-author of the Department's July 2026 Position Statement. On July 2, 2026 he circulated the signed Notice of Docketing, explaining that it served both "to appoint the hearing officer and delegate decision authority to Deputy Secretary John Rhoderick."

On July 9 he wrote to the hearing officer, copying ERG's Susan Day: "I just wanted to check to see if your new service contract is in place. If so, the Department is looking forward to setting up the scheduling conference."

Relationships · 1

Officer of

NM Environment Department (NMED)

In the timeline · 1

Jul 7, 2026The appointed hearing officer says he cannot act until a contractor completes his contract

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Sources · 1

1.filingMaxwell's Response in Substantial Support of Joint Emergency Motion for Disqualification and Stay, and Supplemental Motion for Expedited Disclosure Concerning the ERG Contractual Relationship — AQB 26-57(P), Aug 21 2026 (133 pp. with exhibits, PDF) ↗

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