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Environmental Protection Division Director Jim Norton has two decades of experience working with environmental groups including The Wilderness Society, The Nature Conservancy and 1000 Friends of New Mexico.  Mr. Norton led legislative campaigns to add 2.5 million acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System.  He is the Director of the Environmental Protection Division that includes four Bureaus – Air Quality Bureau, Occupational Health and Safety, Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau and Solid Waste Bureau

Prior to joining the staff of the Environment Department, Mr. Norton was a teacher at the Santa Fe Public Schools. He has a BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Williams College (1978), attended the graduate program at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1981), and earned a Teaching Certificate from the University of New Mexico (1997). While not at work he enjoys outdoor activities such as gardening, hiking, camping and river rafting. He is also the founder of the Santa Fe Old-timers Ice Hockey Club and has a wicked slap shot.

 

OOTS supports the department through the divisions and offices below:

Cabinet Secretary
Ron Curry
Communications Director
Marissa Stone Bardino
Deputy Secretary
Jon Goldstein
General Counsel
Tracy Hughes
ASD Director
Jim Perry
CIO & IT Division Director
Lynn Harris
EHD Director
Carlos Romero

WWMD Director
Marcy Leavitt
WWIDD Director
Karen Gallegos

   

 

Air Quality Bureau

Occupational Health and Safety Bureau

Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau

Solid Waste Bureau

 

 

page last updated
2009 New Mexico Environment Department