Ruidoso News: Batch Plant Permit Battle Persists

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 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…

January 31, 2022  To Whom It May Concern:   Fort Stanton Cave and the Snowy River Passage is a Lincoln County Jewel that was formed by the pure waters from the great Sierra Blanca Mountain in our back yard, and must be protected. In 2005 the cave was designated a National Conservation Area by  Congress,…

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…

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…