Sierra Club Spotlights the Alto CEP

The following comments were presented to the Ruidoso Village Council meeting on 14 December, 2021, by Galen Farrington. “My wife and I have observed as the water concern issues have escalated during our almost 50 years in the Ruidoso area. We now live in Legacy Estates about one half mile east of Highway 48 on…

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…

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…

By the Alto CEP It has now been three years since a local contractor purchased the commercial property on State Highway 220 to the east of the State Highway 48 intersection.  At that time  an area resident inquired as to the use of the property and the response was “for storage,” a response similar to…

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…