Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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State & Province NEWS by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief AGGREGATES MANAGER September 2014 4 State & Province NEWS by Therese Dunphy, Editor-in-Chief tdunphy@randallreilly.com Colorado e Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued an air quality permit that will allow Martin Marie a Materials' asphalt plant on North Ta Hill Road in Fort Collins to continue operations for years to come. e Coloradoan reports that the city and Larimer County contracted with Air Resources Specialists to evaluate techni- cal aspects of the permit. Martin Marie a is changing the plant's air quality permit from a portable source to a stationary one. To keep up to date with this breakdown of news in the United States and Canada, visit www.AggMan.com for daily updates. Connecticut e Board of Selectmen and the Planning and Zoning Commission of Canterbury approved the creation of a haul road between two operators that would run parallel to an existing road. According to the Norwich Bulletin, the action was a stipulation of a legal se lement approved earlier this year by the zoning commission and is one of several steps it must take before the state completes the haul road. e road will allow heavy trucks from Rawson Materials and LaFramboise Sand & Stone to travel between the two operations without, for the most part, driving along the main thoroughfare. Florida A er having a deal to sell 1,200 acres of land to Lennar Homes LLC for $300,000, Palm Beach Aggregates has now sold the property to an affi liate of Pimco, a fi rm famous for running the world's largest bond fund, the Palm Beach Post reports. e purchase price is $77 million. e original deal fell through due to a political scandal when federal prosecutors accused Palm Beach County Commissioner Tony Masilo i of corruption tied to a $100,000 stake held by him and his brother in the proposed development. Georgia e Josephine County Board of Commissioners approved Sunny Valley Sand and Gravel's application to mine aggregate for 20 to 40 years. According to JO, permit conditions include monitoring of wells to determine the eff ects on groundwater, setbacks to avoid damaging an underground natural gas pipeline through the mine site, coordination with the local school district to avoid truck traffi c during school bus pick-up and drop-off times, and hours restrictions that end the work day at 5 p.m. daily, with no work on weekends or holidays. Kentucky A citizens group has fi led a lawsuit to stop a proposed quarry in Clark County, WKYT reports. e Southwest Clark Neighborhood Association is suing Clark County Fiscal Court, the Winchester-Clark County Planning Commission, and the Allen Co. e Clark County Fiscal Court approved the operator's request to rezone land from agricultural to industrial so it could develop a quarry there. e lawsuit asks a judge to reverse that decision. California Approximately 40 Sanger residents a ended a public hearing to comment on the Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Riverbend Sand and Gravel operation near the Kings River. KFSN reports that the residents' top concerns were increased traffi c, more noise, and worse air quality. A spokesperson for the operation told the television news crew that the area was home to top quality aggregate and his crew would use operational practices that protect the environment, including plans to reclaim 95 percent of the water used to process at the mine. California Larry Mosler, owner of Ojai Quarry, settled a lawsuit brought by two environmental groups. The Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Envi- ronmental Defense Center fi led the lawsuit against the operation a year ago. According to the Ventura County Star, Mosler agreed to increase the site's stormwater retention capacity to capture runoff from a storm that drops up to 1.9 inches of rain in 24 hours. He also agreed to pave and maintain access roads, use the industry's best practices to control runoff from roads, and cover stockpiles. The agreement also restricts future mining on one rock face, suspends mining during rainfall, and provides for annual inspection of the North Fork Matilija Creek for rocks and debris from the quarry that might block steelhead migra- tion. Finally, Mosler agreed to donate $60,000 worth of aggregate for steelhead passageways along three creeks in Santa Barbara and pay $30,000 toward the environmental groups' legal costs.