Updated June 3, 2025. If this is your first time hearing about this proposed permanent concrete crusher, please read the Background Information.

No Trucks?

The proposed permanent concrete crusher is still a threat to our neighborhoods—even if you haven’t seen the semi-trucks lately. Their absence is due to a temporary halt caused by a lawsuit filed by the permit applicant, North Texas Natural Select Materials (NTNSM) against the City of Denison. If this permit is approved or the lawsuit fails, the stream of truck traffic will return.

Outdated Standards

It is also important to understand that the standards used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for these air quality permits were last updated on July 30, 2008. On May 6, 2024, the EPA’s update of the annual National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter (PM2.5) went into effect.

We need your help to stop this! Email nodenisoncrusher@gmail.com to get involved.

• Display yard signs – text 903.271.3928 to request a yard sign (or a sticker to update last year’s sign.)

• Distribute Door tags to help spread awareness. We need volunteers to help canvas neighborhoods.

Public Meeting

Monday, June 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Kidd-Key Auditorium, 400 N. Elm Street, Sherman, TX

Your attendance shows the TCEQ that our community cares. View details on the Public Meeting Page.

Submit Your Public Comment

Over 967 neighbors have already voiced their opposition against this air permit! If you haven’t yet, please submit your comment and read what your neighbors are saying.

BRIEF SUMMARY

• On September 4, 2024, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) approved an air quality permit for North Texas Natural Select Materials (NTNSM) to operate a Permanent Concrete Crusher.

• Four Motions to Overturn (MTOs) were filed with the TCEQ, challenging the permit approval.

• On November 21, 2024, TCEQ overturned the air permit approval due to irregularities in the application, particularly concerning the lack of proper public notice for a last-minute change to the plot plan.

• NTNSM has reapplied for a permanent concrete crusher permit; a public meeting is scheduled for June 16, 2025.

Recent News Stories

Denison concrete crusher company resubmits application to TCEQ, KTEN. May 28, 2025

A continuous fight: Proposed Denison rock crusher plant gets new TCEQ hearing, KXII. May 28, 2025.

This proposed Concrete Crusher in Denison is a SEPARATE issue from the proposed Cement Kiln in Sherman. See the latest news on the Sherman facility:  Bill that would halt Dorchester cement kiln heading to Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s desk