Aug. 31, 2023 – Michigan Materials and Aggregates Co. (Stoneco of Michigan) is taking that state’s Sharon Township to court to appeal officials’ denial of a zoning permit for a new project, as well as alleging township ordinances break state law in a separate lawsuit, according to Michigan Live. The township rules that governed the yearslong review of Stoneco’s application for…
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Legislators Seek to Protect Land in New Mexico
According to the NM Political Report, the four Democrats in New Mexico’s congressional delegation are pushing to have 4,200 acres of Bureau of Land Management land removed from mineral development, in particular gravel mining, in Sandoval County near Placitas, N.M. Rep. Melanie Stansbury introduced the Buffalo Tract Protection Act in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill is co-sponsored by…
Read MorePennsylvania Quarry Expansion Hits a Snag
Plans for a sand and gravel mining operation in Lawrence County, Pa., hit a procedural snag when New Beaver Council denied a developer’s conditional use request, according to The Times. The council in a 6-1 vote rejected Three Rivers Aggregates’ application to build part of a 100-acre surface mine on commercially zoned private property after residents publicly objected to the…
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