Cemex Operation Target of Protestors, Regulators Cemex’s Lapis Lustre Sands in Marina, Calif., has been in operation in a dredge pond on a beach above the tide line since around 1965. Its sands have served municipalities, water filtration systems, gardens and nurseries, golf courses, well drillers, sandblasters, recreational facilities and many construction uses. The California Coastal Commission, which has been…
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PERMITTING – JANUARY 2017
Luck Stone, Mellott Partner on New Quarry Project Luck Stone announced that the company will open a new quarry in Prince Edward County, approximately five miles west of downtown Farmville, Va. Luck Stone anticipates that the site, which is located along U.S. Route 460, will be open for business in the summer of 2017. Land development activities are planned to begin…
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Aggregates USA Gets Expansion Permit Aggregates USA’s, Blountville, Tenn., plant was granted an expansion that will give the facility at least five years of continued operations, according to a report in the Herald Courier. Sixteen people voiced their opinions on the expansion of a quarry in Sullivan County during the County Commission’s November meeting. The majority of the people spoke in…
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Vulcan Quarry Hit With Lawsuit Over Environmental Report According to the Sierra Star, the Madera Oversight Coalition (MOC) contends that Madera County, Calif., and Vulcan Materials Co., owner of the Austin Quarry, failed to properly address “significant material and legal issues” when the site was approved and seeks to void its approval in a lawsuit. In the lawsuit, filed Oct. 12,…
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AUSTIN QUARRY APPROVED • STABLER POINT ROCK QUARRY EXPANDS • CANADIAN QUARRY FACES COMMUNITY OPPOSITION • INDIANA SUPREME COURT REFUSES AMERICUS CASE
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Martin Marietta Distribution Center Plan Under Fire • Rogers Group Quarry Case May Go to State Court • Lehigh Hanson Abandons Canadian Site • Lehigh Hanson Abandons Canadian Site
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Washington Quarry Faces Opposition • Vulcan Quarry to Open in South Carolina • Colorado Quarry Deal Being Considered • Wisconsin Quarry Gets Green Light
Read MorePermitting – JULY 2016
Quarry Dodges Permit Revocation A Dane County, Wis., committee voted not to revoke a permit for a quarry that some believe is causing damage to nearby properties in the town of Deerfield, Wis. The county’s zoning and land regulation committee voted 3-2 against the revocation of a conditional use permit for Oak Park Quarry after postponing a vote several times…
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VULCAN NOVA SCOTIA PROJECT MOVES FORWARD According to the Guysborough Journal, proponents of Vulcan Materials’ Black Point Quarry project were in a celebratory mood when Environment Minister Margaret Miller gave environmental approval to the plan for a 355-hectare quarry, with a marine terminal and loading facility in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. On April 26, Miller said that any adverse or significant…
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Cemex Quarry at Soledad Canyon Hits Another Snag A bill giving the Santa Clarita Valley in California a chance to speak out against the prospect of Cemex mining in Soledad Canyon was passed by a committee in Sacramento, said the bill’s author, Assemblyman Scott Wilk, (R-Santa Clarita). Assembly Bill 1986 passed the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, setting it on…
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