Fighting the Cement Plant

At the Alto Coalition for Environmental Preservation meeting Sept. 16, the environmental lawyer, Tom Hnasko, said to keep writing letters opposing the plant to the NMED-Air Quality. The more they hear the community complianing and protesting, the better.

There are many other reasons besides Air quality to oppose the plant - water, endangerment to wildlife and bats, located on a scenic by-way, less than 3 miles to a Wilderness area, traffic/road conditions, operating hours of 3am to 9 pm (lights!), noise, declining property values, and protecting Snowy River Cave / Little Creek and the Bonito River. But it is important to limit your letter to reasons pertaining to air quality. This branch of NMED does not deal with nor cares about all the other reasons. Supposedly, when you write an opposition letter to NMED, they keep you in loop, letting you know when any action is taken by their department.

Original application can be read at: https://www-archive.env.nm.gov/air-quality/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/06/AQBP-Roper-AltoCBP-Application-Recv-2021.06.22.pdf

Write or email, including this heading to your letter: Reference: AQBP-Roper-AltoCBP-Permit Application Roper Construction’s Alto CBP

Deepika Saikrishnan

Environmental Scientist

Permitting -Technical Services

NM Environment Department – Air Quality Bureau

525 Camino de los Marquez, Suite 1

Santa Fe, NM 87505

Work: 505-629-3593

Deepika.saikrishnan@state.nm.us

www.env.nm.gov