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 built.
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 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…
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…
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…
In spite of the activity on the lot of the proposed concrete batch plant, the matter is far from settled. We have appealed to the New Mexico Court of Appeals the order of the Environment Improvement Board (EIB) to overturn the Secretary of the Environment’s order denying the air quality permit for the plant. We…
