Bipartisan Statement at LCCC 03/15/22 Meeting

The political divide in the US has never been wider in my experience. It is so wide that unanimous agreement about any topic is almost an impossibility. Almost.

In yesterday’s Lincoln County (NM) Commission meeting this joint statement opposing the Alto Concrete Batch Plant was read into the record. Clicking on the link will open a PDF copy in a new browser tab where you can either read or download the document.

During the hearing before NMED last month, Roper’s legal representative stated that the hours of operation put forth in the Air Quality Permit application (3AM to 10PM during summer months) are never going to be used. During the Commission Meeting, Ryan Roper stated that at most the hours of operation will be only “7AM to 5PM, 5 days a week.”

This is a family friendly website, so I am obscuring what I wanted to say in response: Mr. Roper’s statement is hay after processing through a male of the bovine species.

Every other instance of incorrectness we have pointed out in the application submitted by Roper was followed by a correcting revision to the application. There have been roughly twenty. If there were any truth to these assertions about limited operating hours, the application would have been revised to correct the hours of operation. It hasn’t been. We are left to conclude it never will be. Someone is lying. Whether it’s Roper, his attorney, or NMED is irrelevant.

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