Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) – Another delay in the public hearing on Project Jupiter’s air quality permit which will delay once again, a key step in the review of the project’s proposed energy facility.
Developers of Project Jupiter, under construction in Santa Teresa, plan to generate electricity for the site using natural gas fuel cells. The system would release greenhouse gases and other pollutants and requires state air quality approval.
Project Jupiter construction near Santa Teresa, NM
Courtesy: Project Jupiter
A public hearing was scheduled for Dec. 7 and would have allowed residents to weigh in on how Project Jupiter could affect local air quality. For now no other date has been set until the state files its revised recommendations
The New Mexico Environment Department said it supported the delay because the company could not meet required procedural deadlines.
This comes after a hearing previously scheduled for September was canceled while the New Mexico Supreme Court considered legal challenges. The court later denied those petitions.
