Attachment O Verified Statement of Christopher Banet Page 1 of 7

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3 Curriculum Vitae Education Christopher Banet United States Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office Branch of Water Resources 1001 Indian School Road Albuquerque, NM (505) Undergraduate College Study: University of Illinois, Urbana - graduated June 1978 with B.S. in Forest Science Graduate College Study: University of Tennessee, Knoxville - graduated March 1981 with M.S. in Plant and Soil Science Thesis title: Relation of Parent Materials and Landforms to the Genesis and Morphology of Upland Soils in Weakley County, Tennessee Work Experience FEBRUARY 2005 TO PRESENT Trust Resources and Protection Manager, Branch of Water Resources, Division of Natural Resources, Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of Interior, Albuquerque, NM Responsibilities Oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwest Region (New Mexico, Colorado and Texas tribes) irrigation activities, involving operation, maintenance of infrastructure and water use planning. Oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwest Region safety of dams activities. Oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwest Region range management activities. Oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwest Region water management activities. Oversee the Bureau of Indian Affairs Southwest Region, plus Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe water rights activities. Serve as chair of the Federal Aamodt Settlement Implementation Team Serve as chair of the Federal Zuni Heaven Water Rights Implementation Team Serve as member of the Federal Taos Pueblo Water Rights Negotiation Team Serve as member of the Federal Navajo San Juan Water Rights Implementation Team Serve as member of the Federal Little Colorado Water Rights Negotiation Team Attachment O Verified Statement of Christopher Banet Page 3 of 7

4 Serve as member of the Federal Colorado Ute Water Rights Implementation Team NOVEMBER 2003 TO FEBRUARY 2005 Supervisory Soil Scientist, Branch of Regional Water Rights Protection, Southwest Regional Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of Interior, Albuquerque, NM Responsibilities Operate the Land Mapping Section of the Branch of Water Resources. Responsible for water use inventories and irrigation suitability land classification. Direct production of technical information for use in several water rights adjudications Serve as chair of the Federal Zuni Heaven Water Rights Implementation Team Serve as member of the Taos Pueblo Water Rights Negotiation Team DECEMBER 1988 TO NOVEMBER 2003 Soil Scientist, Branch of Rights Protection, Albuquerque Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of Interior, Albuquerque, NM Responsibilities Conduct water use inventories and irrigation suitability land classification Direct production of technical information for use in several water rights adjudications Serve as member of the Federal Taos Pueblo Water Rights Negotiation Team SEPTEMBER 1982 TO DECEMBER 1988 Soil Scientist, Branch of Natural Resources, Southern Pueblos Agency, Albuquerque Area, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of Interior, Albuquerque, NM Conduct soil survey and irrigation suitability land classification SEPTEMBER 1981 TO SEPTEMBER 1982 Soil Scientist, Soil and Range Inventory, Branch of Land Operations, Navajo Area Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of Interior, Gallup NM Conduct soil survey and irrigation suitability land classification MARCH 1981 TO SEPTEMBER 1981 Soil Scientist, County of Peoria, Peoria, IL Attachment O Verified Statement of Christopher Banet Page 4 of 7

5 Conduct soil survey and soil investigations Certifications: Certified Professional Soil Scientist Certified Professional Soil Classifier. Both certifications with the ARCPACS, a Federation of Certifying Boards in Agriculture, Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences Testimony since July 11 and 12 NM v Kerr-McGee. In the Thirteenth Judicial District, County of Cibola, State of New Mexico No. CB CV and CB CV (Consolidated). Subproceeding 1 on Past and Present Use Water Rigths of Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna. Deposition regarding pedological examination of reservoir sediments, and other matters September 22. NM v Kerr-McGee. In the Thirteenth Judicial District, County of Cibola, State of New Mexico No. CB CV and CB CV (Consolidated). Subproceeding 1 on Past and Present Use Water Rigths of Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna. Deposition regarding pedological examination of reservoir sediments and other matters May 5. NM v Abbott. In the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico 68cv07488-BB 70cv08650-BB Consolidated. Rio Santa Cruz and Rio de Truchas. Deposition regarding four expert reports involving hydrographic survey, photointerpretation and pedological analysis for identification of past and present water uses. Reports since Banet, Christopher. Pedologic, Geomorphic and Operational Considerations Related to the Pre-1910 Dam and Reservoir near Casa Blanca, New Mexico. June US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office. Prepared for NM v Kerr-McGee Banet, Christopher. Pedologic and Geomorphic Investigation Related to the Pre-1850 Dam and Reservoir near Old Laguna, New Mexico. June US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office. Prepared for NM v Kerr-McGee Eileen L. Camilli, Kurt Anschuetz, Susan Smith & Christopher Banet. Late Pre- Columbian and Early Historic Period Pueblo Farming in the Yunge Hills Area of the San Juan Pueblo Grant, May 31, Prepared for U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office and US Department of Justice, Environmental Resources Division, Denver Office, for NM v Aragon. Attachment O Verified Statement of Christopher Banet Page 5 of 7

6 2012 Banet, Chris & William Sims. Post-1900 Irrigated lands of Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo) Associated with NM v. Aragon. May US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office Banet, Christopher. Procedures for Estimating Historical Crop Mixtures, Depletions, Conveyance Efficiencies, and Diversion Requirements. August 16, In Inventory of Navajo Lands within the San Juan River Basin in New Mexico Irrigated by Groundwater and Tributaries of the San Juan River: Appendix C, August for NM v USA 2010 Banet, Christopher. Pedological and Elevation Data Gathering at the Pre-1910 Reservoir of Laguna Pueblo to Assist with Determination of Original Depth. November 29, Prepared for U.S. Department of Interior and Pueblo of Laguna, Bureau of Indian Affairs, New Mexico, for NM v Kerr-McGee Camilli, Eileen L., Christopher D. Banet and Susan J. Smith. Adapting Agricultural Landscapes for Cotton Production: Archaeological, Palynological and Pedological Investigation of Classic Period Agricultural Field Technologies at San Ildefonso Pueblo. Presented at the Archaeological Society of New Mexico Annual Meeting: Tradition and Continuity, Honoring Glenna Dean. Santa Fe, April 30 - May 2, Hacker, Leroy and Christopher Banet. Soil Survey of Sandoval County Area, New Mexico, Parts of Los Alamos, Sandoval, and Rio Arriba Counties United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service in cooperation with United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station Kurt F. Anschuetz, Eileen L. Camilli and Christopher Banet. Documentation of Pre- Columbian Pueblo Farmland Irrigation on the San Juan Pueblo Grant near the San Juan Airport within the Geographic Scope of New Mexico v. Abbott. September 22, Prepared for U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, New Mexico, for NM v Abbott Camilli, Eileen L., Susan Smith and Christopher D. Banet. Pollen Sampling at LA45596, An Irrigated Pre-Columbian Field Complex at Petroglyph National Monument. June Lay Report to the Western National Parks Association for Grant No , Cultigen Pollen Soil Sampling Anschuetz, Kurt F. with Eileen Camilli and Christopher Banet. Site Data Package, Archaeological, Pedological, and Palynological Studies of Four Pueblo Agricultural Field Sites in the Santa Cruz valley within the Geographic scope of New Mexico v. Abbott: LA138467, LA , LA , LA May 24, Submitted to NM Laboratory of Anthropology Camilli, Eileen L., Kurt F. Anschuetz, Amy J. Hoeptner and Christopher Banet with pollen analysis by Susan J. Smith. Site SC-001 Archaeological site record: A Pre-Columbian Agricultural Field complex on Santa Clara Pueblo within the Geographic Scope of NM v Abbott. April 1, Prepared for US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, NM for NM v Abbott. Attachment O Verified Statement of Christopher Banet Page 6 of 7

7 2004 Drakos, Paul, Jay Lazarus, Bill White, Chris Banet, Meghan Hodgins, Jim Riesterer and John Sandoval. Hydrologic Characteristics of Basin-Fill Aquifers in the Southern San Luis Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 55th Field Conference, Geology of the Taos Region, 2004, p Drakos, Paul, Jay Lazarus, Jim Riesterer, Bill White, Chris Banet, Meghan Hodgins and John Sandoval. Subsurface Stratigraphy in the Southern San Luis Basin, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 55th Field Conference, Geology of the Taos Region, 2004, p Banet, Christopher. Investigations of Transbasin Diversions from Tributaries of the Rio Embudo, Account of March Prepared for US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, NM Banet, Christopher. Post-1900 Irrigated Lands of San Juan Pueblo Associated with NM v Abbott. January Prepared for US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, NM, for NM v Abbott Banet, Christopher. Wells of San Juan Pueblo Associated with NM v Abbott. December Prepared for US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, NM, for NM v Abbott Banet, Christopher. Water Impoundments of San Juan Pueblo Associated with NM v Abbott. December Prepared for US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Albuquerque, NM, for NM v Abbott. Attachment O Verified Statement of Christopher Banet Page 7 of 7