Ruidoso News: Batch Plant Permit Battle Persists
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THE ALTO CEP’S FILING WITH THE NEW MEXICO COURT OF APPEALS
The intent of Alto CEP’s appeal is to request that the New Mexico Court of Appeals remand the decision of the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) and reinstate the denial of the air quality permit for the proposed CBP, as originally ordered in June 2022. The basis of our appeal has both technical and legal components. …
What Does the EPA Know that the EIB & NMED Ignore?
A local realtor recently brought to the attention of the Alto Coalition for Environmental Preservation a news release published February 7, 2024. In the article, the Environmental Protection Agency reveals it has finalized stronger standards for particulate matter pollution. For the past two and a half years the Alto CEP has maintained that the proposed…
Community, “Smart Growth”, An EPA Administrator and Judge Sugg
By the Alto CEP It has now been three years since a local contractor purchased the commercial property on State Highway 220 to the east of the State Highway 48 intersection. At that time an area resident inquired as to the use of the property and the response was “for storage,” a response similar to…
Judge Sugg’s Order: Reflections, Part 2
By the Alto CEP Now that it has been established that the immediate and expanded areas surrounding the proposed Alto concrete batch plant (cbp) are primarily residential as unraveled in part one, Judge Sugg suggests a historical complicity favoring the placement of such plants in Lincoln County with misleading and antiquated information. The lead sentence…
Judge Sugg’s Order: Reflections – Part One
By The Alto CEP On August 31, 2023, Judge Sugg of the Twelfth Judicial District Court issued an order denying a motion for preliminary injunction (case No. D-1226-CV-2021-00241) to terminate the building of the Alto concrete batch plant on State Highway 220. The 81 page document ended with Judge Sugg’s statement, “It is therefore ordered…
Sacrifice Zones – Revisited
By: Galen Farrington What is a Sacrifice Zone? When I taught freshman English at Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso, I taughtthe two-part selection, “Cancer Alley, The Poisoning of the American South” andthe class was introduced to the concept of Environmental Justice andspecifically the term “environmental racism.” Today, ten years later,those living along the 85-mile stretch along…
WHY IS OUR LEGAL FIGHT STILL RELEVANT?
In spite of the activities on the lot of the proposed concrete batch plant, the legal issues we have raised are not a done deal. The New Mexico Court of Appeals has agreed to review our cases. We are awaiting assignment of a panel of three judges in the New Mexico Court of Appeals…
What’s Happening?
In spite of the activity on the lot of the proposed concrete batch plant, the matter is far from settled. We have appealed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals the order of the Environment Improvement Board (EIB) to overturn the Secretary of the Environment’s order denying the air quality permit for the plant. We…
Sacrifice Zone — What is it?
November 3, 2023 By: Galen Farrington What is a Sacrifice Zone? When I taught freshman English at Eastern New Mexico University-Ruidoso, I taught the two-part selection, “Cancer Alley, The Poisoning of the American South” and the class was introduced to the concept of Environmental Justice and specifically the term “environmental racism.” Today, ten years later,…