The Salt Lake County Council voted to officially oppose a proposed mining bill at the state capitol. The bill recommended would lessen regulations to allow mines to expand with a focus on reducing the cost of sand and gravel. Critics argued it would undermine local authority and infringe on property owners’ rights. A similar bill filed in the Senate earlier in the…
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Permitting: New York
According to fingerlakes.com, the owner of the 14.3-acre Padua Ridge sand and gravel mine that abuts the Watkins Glen State Park and a Catholic cemetery in Schuyler County, N.Y., is proposing a 60.95-acre expansion, the state Department of Environmental Conservation disclosed. The DEC said it plans a pair of public hearings on the project in February. Mining at the site…
Read MorePERMITTING: Texas
According to www.click2Houston.com, several city, county, state, health and federal leaders are pushing back against a concrete crushing company that is trying to build a facility across the street from Lyndon B Johnson Hospital located on Kelley Street near Homestead in northeast Houston. Officials say the pollution can lead to health problems, worsening existing conditions. “It should be obvious to…
Read MorePermitting Update: South Carolina
The nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates has applied for permits to establish a limestone quarry and processing plant on Addidas Road, less than 4 miles southeast of the Town of Eutawville.
Read MorePermitting Update: Virginia
How far away from a quarry would a house have to be for you to consider living in it? Would that change if you worked for the quarry? That’s the question at the core of an ordinance considered by the Augusta County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 24. The debate is not over — the ordinance was tabled and several…
Read MorePermitting Update: Kentucky
Carroll Fiscal Court on Tuesday approved the sale of its Ohio River mineral rights — permission to dredge the county’s portion of the river bottom for sand and gravel — to Nugent Sand Company. Nugent President Tom Nugent, Vice President of Operations Damon Hughes, Operations Manager Clay Ferris and attorney Ruth Baxter were at the court’s regular meeting on Tuesday…
Read MorePermitting: Rhode Island
A Rhode Island Superior Court judge ruled this week that Material Sand & Stone must go before the town Zoning Board to apply for a permit and variance for its ongoing mining operations. Associate Justice Daniel Procaccini ruled in favor of the town in Pound Hill Realty v. the Town of North Smithfield, marking the latest chapter in a land…
Read MorePermitting Update: Pennsylvania
Neiswonger Construction Inc., which operates the Maggie Lynn limestone quarry in Washington County, is hoping to start extracting the rock underneath it. The company is proposing to build an underground mine that would stretch for 337 acres in Deemston Borough, roughly the area of Schenley Park. It might take 30 years to extract all that rock, cranking out 250,000 tons…
Read MoreNews from Minnesota, Montana
According to Finance and Commerce, since the early 20th century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River annually to keep the channel open. The city of Wabasha, Minn., wants to build a barge terminal to facilitate the transfer of sand from river barges to trucks for transport to off-site facilities. It can then be used…
Read MoreNews from Colorado, Michigan
According to The Daily Vail, applicants for a gravel extraction operation along the Colorado River will return to the Eagle County Planning Commission requesting a special use permit to begin mining. County staff has recommended the commission approve the special use permit with conditions. Ideas for a gravel pit in the Dotsero area along the Colorado River have been rejected…
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