ATTENTION: Your favorite riding park, RRMT, Inc. has recently become threatened by an EOG sand mine going in next door! At this time however, EOG has not obtained an air quality permit yet though the state of Texas in order to operate. Do you want to help save the quality of life in Bulcher? If so, Bulcher, Texas could use your help. Act fast...deadline for complaint letters to the state of Texas is June 24th!
EOG Resources Inc., has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for issuance of Air Quality Permit Number 95412, which would authorize construction of a bulk sand handling facility at the Cooke County Sand Pit located at 14596 North FM 373, Saint Jo, Cooke County, Texas 76265. The facility will emit the following contaminants: organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and particulate matter including particulate matter with diameters of 10 microns or less and 2.5 microns or less.
A blog has been set up that contains extensive information regarding this sand mine project. PLEASE PLEASE GO TO THIS LINK & READ & VIEW PICTURES! This site that has been set up contains valuable info & will help you get in the loop on how the quality of life in BULCHER is in danger! http://trinityaquifer.blogspot.com/
The sand mine is hard to see from FM 373 (all you can see is cleared trees & big piles of dirt)...but you can sure see it via air. Some aerial photos of the sand mine have been obtained & can be viewed online at the following link: https://picasaweb.google.com/118158152117518333736/SandMinePhotosJune2011
You want to help? There is still time. EOG has NOT been granted an air quality permit yet! (And thus, they cannot operate without a permit). However, their permit is pending...depending on complaints from concerned individuals that will be affected by this facility (aka...RRMT, Inc. customers for example). Those wanting to submit letters have until June 24th to get them in. You may submit a letter online electronically or handwritten to the state. If you would like more information on submitting a letter, email or call us and we can provide you with more information. We welcome all calls to our park office or emails.
If you were curious many people are VERY VERY concerned about the DANGER & HARMFUL RISKS of this sand mine facility & have already complained. You can view the complaints received so far online at the following link: http://www10.tceq.state.tx.us/epic/CCD/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.detail&item_id=570508732011098&detail=protestants&StartRow=1&EndRow=1&Step=25&requesttimeout=5000
All public comments
must be submitted to TCEQ either electronically at
www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas ...78711-3087.
While the agency will consider all comments received by the June 24 deadline, only those specifically requesting a PUBLIC MEETING and/or a CONTESTED CASE HEARING will factor into the agency’s decision to hold those events.Comments should reference proposed air quality permit number
95412 - EOG.
In addition,
those desiring to request a contested case hearing must include the following information in their submitted comments:
(1) name, mailing address, daytime phone number, and fax number, if any; (2) applicant’s name (EOG Resources, Inc.) and permit number (95412), the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing”; (4) a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the application and air emissions from the facility in a way not common to the general public; (5) the location (RRMT, Inc. 15393 FM 373 (Bulcher) Muenster, Texas 76252 and distance of your property relative to the facility (3/4 mile from sand facility - the way the crow flies); and (6) a description of how you use the property which may be impacted by the facility
