Ruidoso News: Batch Plant Permit Battle Persists

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. …

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…

Comments by Galen Farrington of AltoCEP about the Lincoln County Commissioners’ meeting.

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…

Referencing the relocation of the proposed Alto concrete batch plant Presenter:  Galen Farrington Good morning Chairman Proctor and Commissioners.  I’m Galen Farrington of Legacy Lane in Alto.  I have spent 50 years of service to Ruidoso and Lincoln County as a teacher of 45 years, an Olympic cycling coach for 12 years, a US Chess…

The Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter’s magazine The Sierran features an opinion piece by long-time Alto resident, and Alto CEP charter member,  Galen Farrington in the upcoming Fall issue. Click here to read Galen’s personal observations of the impact the proposed Alto concrete batch plant would have on us, should it be permitted to be…