Critical Minerals Bill Includes Aggregates A bill to ease permitting for domestic mines providing strategic and critical minerals, which includes aggregates used in infrastructure projects, advanced in Congress despite partisan objections, according to the National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association (NSSGA). The National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2015, H.R. 1937, introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) was…
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PERMITTING – JULY 2015
Crossfire Seeks Plant in Colorado Crossfire Aggregate Services has applied to open a gravel mine and concrete factory at Durango, in La Plata County, Colo., in the Bondad area about a half-mile from the Animas River, according to the Durango Herald. The operation will produce up to 876,000 tpy of aggregate, while the concrete plant is designed to produce up…
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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…
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 – 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HAS PERMIT REVOKED MAC Construction and Excavating’s permit to operate an asphalt plant at the Hanson-Atkins Quarry has been revoked by the city of Jeffersonville, Ind.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…
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January 29, 2014 – In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama called for tax reform tied to infrastructure investment, and put Congress on notice that they must pass an infrastructure bill. “Moreover, we can take the money we save with this transition to tax reform to create jobs rebuilding our roads, upgrading our ports, unclogging our commutes –…
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