Permitting Update: Colorado

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 twice since 2016, but the…

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News from Illinois, Michigan, British Columbia

According to The Times Weekly, the Joliet, Ill., city council postponed until April action on a proposal that could allow quarry blasting near a residential neighborhood. The city council previously tabled a vote to allow for more public input. The parcels in question are owned by VM Land and First Midwest Bank, and the annexation agreement would allow P.T. Ferro…

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