Hello AltoCEP supporter! We need your help AGAIN! This time it's the EIB Public Hearing

You are receiving this email because you were present in February 2022 at the NMED Public Hearing live streamed at the Ruidoso Convention Center. Many on this list also addressed the hearing officer during the course of the meeting. The impact of your collective efforts was significant. The hearing officer recommended the permit be denied. The New Mexico Secretary of the Environment signed a FINAL ORDER denying the petition. In both documents, the outpouring of public opposition was cited as persuasive. THANK YOU!

As most of you know, Roper Construction has appealed that ruling to the Environment Improvement Board (EIB). So now we need to do it again. That hearing is scheduled over three days - October 18, 19 and 20. Speaking times are Noon and 5PM on the 18th, and 9 AM, Noon and 5 PM on the 19th and 20th. The 18th has Noon and 5 PM slots. The 19th and 20th have 9 AM, Noon and 5 PM slots. If you are willing to speak to the Board (please speak, even to just say "don't grant the petition") all you need to do is email pamela.jones@env.nm.gov telling her you wish to speak to the board, and telling her your preferred date and time. Adding EIB 22-35 in the reference line is helpful, but not mandatory. ALSO - when you email her please CC me at p.s.pfeffer@gmail.com AND Barbara at bseveran116@gmail.com so that I can continue filling out the spreadsheet I am maintaining, and which will become the scheduling / attendance list at the church. If you are speaking from home you will receive a webex link prior to the hearing. If you prefer to speak from our local venue that works also. Just let us know and come join us.

The local venue for the Public Hearing is Ruidoso First Christian Church, 1211 Hull Road, Ruidoso. Doors open at 8:30am. Rumor is coffee and donuts may be available. Please stop by, even if just to say hello. If you want to speak from this location, we will make that as painless as possible and with no technical issues for you to deal with.

Barbara Severance will be in attendance throughout the hearing. She is currently in communication with Pamel Jones at the EIB to work out any logistical issues. There should be excellent contemporaneous communication with Pamel Jones throughout the hearing and we fully expect the previous hearing issue where our public comments were truncated will not be repeated. The church has excellent audio visual facilities and the webex two way. communication should be operating without issue. A dedicated speaker area will be set up for those who wish to speak from the church.

What else can you do?

1. Write a letter to the EIB to register your opposition. You can snailmail to Pamela Jones, Runnels Building, 1190 So. St. Francis Dr., Santa Fe, NM 87505 or email the letter to pamela.jones@env.nm.gov

2. Sign the petition in opposition. Thank you for standing with us in February. Please stand with us again on October 18th, 19th and 20th.

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