Eagle Graphite Granted Quarry Permit Eagle Graphite Inc. has received a permit from the Province of British Columbia, Canada, Ministry of Energy and Mines approving the work system and reclamation program planned for its Black Crystal flake graphite deposit near Nelson, B.C. The Quarry Permit includes the Hoder Creek Quarry allowance for haul road access, waste and product stockpiles; and…
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Permitting – April 2015
McCook Subject to Seismic Monitoring Northwestern University researchers will continue monitoring blasting operations at Hanson Material Service’s quarry in McCook, Ill. Scientists have been recording seismic activity since last year in two locations, but data is insufficient so far to present a report, according to the Chicago Tribune. Village officials wanted to make residents aware blasting will resume after it…
Read MorePermitting – March 2015
WYOMING WIND PROJECT INCLUDES QUARRY The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has found no new significant impacts after completing the first of two site-specific Environmental Assessments (EA) for Phase I of Power Company of Wyoming’s (PCW) 3GW Chokecherry and Sierra Madre wind project, according to Recharge. The initial EA analyzed the project’s three primary infrastructure components: the Phase I haul…
Read MorePermitting – February 2015
Oregon Quarry Fights for Permit According to the Oregonian/OregonLive, a new quarry will soon be developed near Sherwood, Ore., on a 35-acre site immediately adjacent to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. Tonquin Holdings, the company behind the proposed Tonquin Quarry, said applications for the federal permits needed to drain wetlands and commence with quarrying will be filed soon. But…
Read MorePermitting – January 2015
AMERICUS QUARRY SEEKING APPROVAL • GIBRALTER ROCK QUARRY MOVING FORWARD • CALIFORNIA QUARRY FACES NOISE QUESTIONS • SOUTH CAROLINA QUARRY NEEDS SITE-DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Read MorePermitting – December 2014
INDIANA QUARRY HAS PERMIT REVOKED MAC Construction and Excavating’s permit to operate an asphalt plant at the Hanson-Atkins Quarry has been revoked by the city of Jeffersonville, Ind. Pat Barrow, who filed a lawsuit in 2010 with neighbor Charlie Hanka against MAC Construction and the city of Jeffersonville, said her attorney filed a motion to drop the lawsuit following the…
Read MorePermitting – November 2014
New York Quarry Eyes Expansion According to the Post-Bulletin, a zoning change could lead to expanded sand and gravel quarry operations near a residential area in Cascade Township directly north of Rochester, N.Y., and some township residents aren’t happy about the rezoning. Milestone Minerals has 140 acres of land near 55th Street Northeast and U.S. Highway 63, and the company…
Read MorePermitting – October 2014
Indiana Quarry Seeks Permits More than 75 residents of Lowell, Ind., weighed in on the permitting process for a proposed dolomite quarry, according to the Post-Tribune. A public hearing on the air quality permit request from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management by the developers of the project was held at Hebron High School. Singleton Stone LLC is planning a…
Read MorePermitting – September 2014
Illinois Quarry in QuestionTwo months after Robbins, Ill., trustees essentially voided a contract with a developer planning a limestone quarry and mine in the village, residents say they’re uncertain where those plans now stand. A trustee said no new talks have been held with ALM Resources since the village board’s vote in late June, according to the Southtown Star. That…
Read MorePermitting – August 2014
Cemex Requests Hearing DelayCemex has asked for a postponement before a controversial mining expansion at its Brooksville, Fla., site in Hernando County, was set to go before county commissioners at a public hearing. Cemex has asked for a postponement until Dec. 9. The action comes one week after planning and zoning board members shot down Cemex’s request to amend the…
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