The Deputy Environment Secretary for Operations Stephanie Stringer has made her decision. The air quality permit application for the proposed Alto Concrete Batch Plant has been DENIED. The Deputy Environment Secretary’s final order can be read here. As is said in this final order, the New Mexico Environment Department had never received an outpouring of public…
I had a friend at my last job who had a sign on his desk that read: “Stamp out TLA’s *” * Three Letter Acronyms The title of this post made me recall that sign. Except, these TLA’s are more serious. The title decodes as: Individual Retirement Account Required Minimum Distribution Qualified Charitable Distribution. Still…
We are grateful for the financial support we have received from residents of our community to stop an industrial polluter from destroying our environment. For whatever reason, and we have no firm information, Roper Construction continues to push for constructing a Concrete Batch Plant in the middle of our very fragile environment. How fragile? The…
Our May 13, Boot Bash Fundraising Event has just become a FUNdraising Celebration! Our attorney, Tom Hnasko, has just received a copy of the conclusions and Recommended Final Order from Hearing Officer Gregory Chakalian which is to be submitted on Tuesday, May 9. The previously scheduled Boot Bash Fundraising event has just become a celebration….
We are blessed to live where we do, in our beautiful mountain setting. Our enjoyment of our stunning bucolic surroundings should always be appreciated, always preserved, and never taken for granted. Tragically some of our neighbors have had their enjoyment taken away, at least temporarily, as a result of the McBride and Nogal fires. As…
Recently ALTOCEP’s own Kevin Flaherty was interviewed for KRQE news (click) following Tuesday’s LCCC meeting where the Lincoln County Democratic and Republican Political Parties read a bipartisan statement opposing the batch plant at its proposed location into the record. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our legal fund. We really appreciate your help….
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…
The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners will be holding a discussion of Nuisance & Zoning Ordinances within Lincoln County at their next Meeting this Tuesday March 15, 2022.Additionally, a Bipartisan Statement from Chairpersons of the Republican Party of Lincoln County and the Democratic Party of Lincoln County, stating opposition to the proposed Alto Concrete Batch…
The following Letter to the Editor was published in Ruidoso News on March 1, 2022 Recently I’ve read two journalistic accounts concerning the opposition to Roper Construction’s proposed concrete batch plant to be located near the intersection of Highways 48 and 220. One, published by the Union County Leader (16 February, Clayton, New Mexico) and the second was published…
The transcript of the Public Hearing has been released and a link to a complete copy (PDF) is permanently available on the NMED Hearings Info page along with email addresses for NMED Secretary Kenney, Gov. Grisham, and the County Commissioners. Speaking of which, the next LCCC meeting is Tuesday, March 15, and the revised proposed…
