Recently, Roper Construction hired a PR firm in Santa Fe. The first results have been his presentation at the last Lincoln County Commissioners Meeting, emails sent to people who submitted comments to Enemy-D and who provided their email addresses, and USPS mailings to people who submitted their comments via the US Postal Service. We will come back to this.
One of our team asked Ryan Roper how he came by these addresses. His reply: “NMED.” How can that be, we asked?
Well, the answer is that the State of New Mexico does not consider your personal information to be private if you participate in a Public Hearing. You can read about that HERE.
In the category of “Too soon old, too late smart,” we apologize that we were not aware of this fact earlier so that we could alert everyone. However, given that the bureaucrats freely hand out personal information to anyone who requests it (if you participated in a public hearing), we don’t know what difference it would have made.
About those “The Truth” messages If we were to believe what Roper is now saying - as prompted by his PR hacks - the proposed Alto Concrete Batch Plant will actually clean up our air. Quite a departure from reality, huh?
Consider these points: (H/T Galen Farrington)
“... People have the obligation to make sure they know the facts about what they are opposing.” - Ryan Roper, “The Truth” information letter.
“... PM10 and PM2.5 reported in the air permit application are nonhazardous and nontoxic particulate matter.” - again Roper.
One study in Houston, Texas referencing the particulate matter emitted from concrete batch plants revealed 5,200 premature general population deaths.
Roper’s statements during the March County Commissioners' Meeting were that he would use 3,000 gallons of water per day. His “Truth” letter states, “4-acre feet of water per year.” The mathematical discrepancy is over 500,000 gallons per year.
“No TAPS are (sic) emitted by the facility.” The EPA recognizes “the cement sector as the third largest industrial source of pollution emitting more that 500,000 tons per year of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide.” This is a significant health risk to “sensitive populations” as defined by NMED.
“Water used to rinse out the trucks is recycled into the concrete mix.” Are you using the “closed loop” standard of the industry? Even the industry recognizes it is not possible to “close loop” an entire facility. Fugitive dust and contaminated water are recognized byproducts of the cement/concrete industry.
Scientists researching the Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave system have weighed-in on the water percolation issue that will effect our soil and water resources.”
Your contributions to our Legal Opposition Fund are more important than ever. We have just learned that NMED Hearing Officer Gregory Chalakin has made a motion to convene a follow-on hearing with testimony from the NMED witnesses [for Roper] Our Attorney is on top of this and will do his best to protect our interests.
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