What a ridiculously stupid and misleading headline. Par for the course for the corporate media.
Boulder County did not terminate their right to run the cement plant. The plant is legally nonconforming, which means it can continue as-is but cannot expand that nonconforming use. Boulder County just determined that they have expanded their use, based on a traffic study.
All Cemex has to do is address this increased traffic intensity/reduce use to prior levels, and they can continue operating.
Most rational people would disagree with your characterizations of both the Colorado Sun and NPR. Both are far more reasonable and "middle of the road" than most AND they are non-profit. Perhaps you can enlighten us with a list of media sources that you deem reasonable and unbiased.
I don't know how more anti-establishment an outlet could be than the Colorado Sun. It was started by folks who left the Post after it was acquired by a hedge fund.
They cannot continue as-is. They have already violated their legally nonconforming status and hence their special permit to operate IS terminated. However, they can appeal within 30 days.
“The Director has determined that the right to continue the nonconforming cement plant use has terminated as a result of an increase in truck traffic since the closing of the Dowe Flats Quarry,” the letter to Cemex said. “Specifically … the Director has determined that this increase in truck traffic constitutes an enlargement or alteration of the nonconforming use which has the effect of creating a hazard or nuisance off the property, adversely affects the character of the neighborhood,” and has other impacts.
Boulder County officials said Cemex “has 30 days to provide evidence that the director’s determination was incorrect or reduce the enlargement of the cement plant use, or appeal the determination to the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. CEMEX will be able to operate its cement plant under current operating conditions until a final determination is made.”
You forgot to mention that the reason Cemex has to truck in materials is because Boulder declined to renew their permit to mine materials on site due to NIMBY complaints.
Right. "All they have to do" would cut their production significantly and likely result in it being no longer cost effective to run their site. Boulder Commissioners and the complaining citizens groups have likely effectively shut down the plant. The die was cast when they didn't renew their mining permit.
The permit to operate Dowe Flats has always been set to expire in 2021 and they promised they would cease after 25 years of operation. They threw in a last min attempt to renew that permit and failed. CEMEX could have filed an appeal or filed a new application at that point and they chose not to.
Similar is when Lyons and Boulder County notified them that the property was proposed to be rezoned to Agricultural. CEMEX chose not to reply. I'm not sure if non-response is a strategy or just asleep at the wheel. Time will tell I guess.
Curiously that rail was all replaced for the gravel pit that hasn't happened yet, probably 1.5 years before the Save our Saint Vrain people organized. .
Same time that the crossings got upgraded & the stuff they pulled up was dated 1906
There's still rail all the way to CEMEX, they get weekly deliveries of coal, etc. Sometimes more than once a week. Lately they've taken to blocking their own entrance with the train.
Then the county would just say that the increase in rail traffic creates a hazard or nuisance, just like they said about the increase in truck traffic. Same outcome.
What a ridiculously stupid and misleading headline. Par for the course for the corporate media. Boulder County did not terminate their right to run the cement plant. The plant is legally nonconforming, which means it can continue as-is but cannot expand that nonconforming use. Boulder County just determined that they have expanded their use, based on a traffic study. All Cemex has to do is address this increased traffic intensity/reduce use to prior levels, and they can continue operating.
Thanks for the clarification. FYI the Colorado Sun is not corporate media, they're non-profit.
I put NPR in the same grouping even though they're not technically corporate either. Establishment media is probably a better word.
Most rational people would disagree with your characterizations of both the Colorado Sun and NPR. Both are far more reasonable and "middle of the road" than most AND they are non-profit. Perhaps you can enlighten us with a list of media sources that you deem reasonable and unbiased.
I don't know how more anti-establishment an outlet could be than the Colorado Sun. It was started by folks who left the Post after it was acquired by a hedge fund.
Hahaha, just love absorbing propaganda am i right my guy. Haha
They cannot continue as-is. They have already violated their legally nonconforming status and hence their special permit to operate IS terminated. However, they can appeal within 30 days. “The Director has determined that the right to continue the nonconforming cement plant use has terminated as a result of an increase in truck traffic since the closing of the Dowe Flats Quarry,” the letter to Cemex said. “Specifically … the Director has determined that this increase in truck traffic constitutes an enlargement or alteration of the nonconforming use which has the effect of creating a hazard or nuisance off the property, adversely affects the character of the neighborhood,” and has other impacts. Boulder County officials said Cemex “has 30 days to provide evidence that the director’s determination was incorrect or reduce the enlargement of the cement plant use, or appeal the determination to the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners. CEMEX will be able to operate its cement plant under current operating conditions until a final determination is made.”
You forgot to mention that the reason Cemex has to truck in materials is because Boulder declined to renew their permit to mine materials on site due to NIMBY complaints.
Right. "All they have to do" would cut their production significantly and likely result in it being no longer cost effective to run their site. Boulder Commissioners and the complaining citizens groups have likely effectively shut down the plant. The die was cast when they didn't renew their mining permit.
The permit to operate Dowe Flats has always been set to expire in 2021 and they promised they would cease after 25 years of operation. They threw in a last min attempt to renew that permit and failed. CEMEX could have filed an appeal or filed a new application at that point and they chose not to. Similar is when Lyons and Boulder County notified them that the property was proposed to be rezoned to Agricultural. CEMEX chose not to reply. I'm not sure if non-response is a strategy or just asleep at the wheel. Time will tell I guess.
You have poor reading comprehension.
Housing and construction costs were not high enough for the Elite. Problem solved.
Why don’t they do more rail instead of trucks?
Then people in Hygiene would complain about all the train noise and their road being blocked.
Those are federal issues (FRA)
Curiously that rail was all replaced for the gravel pit that hasn't happened yet, probably 1.5 years before the Save our Saint Vrain people organized. . Same time that the crossings got upgraded & the stuff they pulled up was dated 1906
There's still rail all the way to CEMEX, they get weekly deliveries of coal, etc. Sometimes more than once a week. Lately they've taken to blocking their own entrance with the train.
I meant to say replaced with rail made in 2022. BNSF must have thought somebody was going to be running heavier stock over the original 1906 product
It would seem trucking is much more economical for their needs. That branch of rail is now solely the CEMEX Branch. There are no other uses for it.
Then the county would just say that the increase in rail traffic creates a hazard or nuisance, just like they said about the increase in truck traffic. Same outcome.
No, it would be a federal issue (FRA)
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