At Least One County Commissioner Gets It!

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Tom Stewart’s Comments to the Commissioners at the 02/15/22 LCCC Meeting “I listened to the entire NMED 9 hour Roper plant permit hearingon February 9th and that hearing formulated my strong opinionagainst the plant. I did formally submit written testimony andspoke in the WebEx hearing…..In my strong request not to ap-prove the permit, I spoke…

Water Impacts are in for the NMED Batch Plant Hearing

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Roper’s motion to disallow discussion of water issues has been denied by the Hearing Officer. In Limine (in limb-in-ay) from Latin for “at the threshold,” referring to a motion before a trial begins. STATE OF NEW MEXICOBEFORE THE SECRETARY OF THE ENVIRONMENTIN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATIONOF ROPER CONTRUCTION INC. AQB 21-57(P)FOR AN AIR QUALITY…

Last Meeting’s Presentation, Written Comment Guidelines, and more

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If you missed Thursday’s Community Meeting you can read here Mark Severance’s Presentation about preparing for the NMED Hearing. Two key points: 1. The hearing is remote and there will be two local venues for folks to gather in addition to watching via Webex on your own computer. The Traylor Gym at Capitan Public Schools…

The Idiocy of NM Environmental Department (NMED)

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To be honest, I have never held “Enemy-D” above low regard. My attitude extends from when I owned a small home building company and our local builders’ association invited NMED’s senior inspector at the time to explain what they expected to be included in EPA’s newly enforced “Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. All he said…

Alto Batch Plant Local Hearing Feb 9-11, 2022

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If you wrote to Deepika Saikrishnan at NMED about opposing the Roper Batch Plant, you probably received the notice quoted below in its entirety. If not, and you were looking forward to attending a local hearing to bureaucratically adjudicate the matter, you better arrive early because the venue is the Traylor Gym at Capitan Public…