The Winona Post reports that after losing at the district, appellate and state Supreme Court level, Minnesota Sands is taking its case against Winona County’s frac sand ban to the highest court in the land. Minnesota Sands appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court last week, the company announced, asking the high court to take up its case.
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Property Owners Challenge Minnesota Frac Sand Ban
A group called Southeast Minnesota Property Owners and Roger Dabelstein, a resident of Saratoga Township in Winona County, Minn., filed a lawsuit in the Third Judicial District Court against Winona County over the frac sand ban passed by the county last year, according to the Post-Bulletin.
Read MoreVictory Nickel Expands Network in Minnesota
Victory Nickel Inc. announced that it has contracted with a second Jordan formation Wisconsin-based supplier of washed concentrated Northern White frac sand and a second transload facility in St. Paul, Minn.
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Northern Frac Proppants II LLC is looking to rezone more than 570 acres of land to start a sand processing and loading facility in Cleveland, Wis., and will have a public hearing on the request, according to the Jackson County Chronicle. The proposal includes sand mining, processing and a rail spur for transportation. The county has three other processing operations…
Read MoreMinnesota Governor Won’t Issue Frac Sand Moratorium
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton received more than 6,000 petition signatures asking him to issue a frac sand moratorium in that state. But Dayton said he can’t personally block the frac sand industry from expanding in southeastern Minnesota, rebuffing a group of mining opponents that delivered a moratorium petition as part of an Earth Day rally at the capitol.
Read MoreSuperior Silica Sand Seeks Land for Transloading
Superior Silica Sand has submitted a letter of intent to purchase 40 acres of land in North Branch, Minn.’s ESSBY Business Park off 400th Street. At a North Branch City Council meeting, City Administrator Bridgitte Konrad said a purchase agreement with the business is likely months away, according to the ECM Post Review.
Read MoreMinnesota Releases Plan for Regulating Silica Sand Projects
The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) released a document called the “Tools to Assist Local Governments in Planning for and Regulating Silica Sand Projects.”
Read MoreObama Lays Out Vision for Transportation
President Obama, on Feb. 26, spoke at the Union Depot train station in St. Paul, Minn., where he outlined his vision for investing in America’s infrastructure with a $302 billion, four-year surface transportation reauthorization proposal.
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