Texas Quarry Operation Seeks PermitSalado, Texas, residents are protesting a potential new rock mining operation, according to KWTX. Victory Rocks is seeking to open the new quarry off Solana Ranch Road. Residents of the rural area believe that the Victory Rock Quarry is a direct threat to their quality of life, due to groundwater use concerns.
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PERMITTING – SEPTEMBER 2020
CEMEX Continues Fight for Soloedad Canyon Project The decades-long battle over a CEMEX aggregates operation in the Santa Clarita Valley in California is far from over, even though the company’s second 10-year mining contract officially expired on July 31. CEMEX requested a one-year extension of the mining contract at Soloedad Canyon, a request that was denied by the Bureau of…
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Washington Quarry Faces Opposition In Washougal, Wash., a local conservation group, plus about two-dozen property owners, filed a letter warning they intend to sue a government commission that oversees land-use regulations in the Columbia River Gorge unless action is taken against a mining operation in east Clark County. According to KATU News, in late November, Nathan Baker, senior staff attorney…
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