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5 AGGREGATES MANAGER November 2014 Rhode Island As town offi cials in Charlestown are cra ing a proposed ordinance on sand and gravel operations, local operator Roland Fiore invited Rhode Island Public Radio to visit one of his operations. He told NPR that it is not diffi cult to be a good operator and pointed to the trees planted around his operation to buff er noise. He shared that his staff waters down the trucks and roads to prevent dust from traveling. He talked about the stringent standards used to build his diesel trucks. He outlined his operating hours, noting that crushing ended by 5 p.m. or earlier. Fiore also shared that the proposed ordinances will make it more diffi cult for sand and gravel operators to stay in business and furnish the sand needed for beach restoration and roads. Washington Snohomish County approved Aggregates West's request for extended hours at its Green Mountain Mine for an unusual construction project. According to e Bellingham Herald, the operator can transport aggregates every night until 3 a.m. to keep up with the needs of contractors building the new Boeing 777X factory in Evere . Texas After 65 years of service, the Martin Martietta (formerly TXI) Midlothian Cement Plant's locomotive #2447 will become an educational resource at its new home in the Museum of the American Railroad. According to the Frisco Enterprise, a local metal recycler notifi ed the museum that the locomotive was heading for the scraper. The museum team and Martin Marietta management worked together to relocate the engine to Frisco, which was 60 miles from its location. BNSF railroad donated transportation of the engine. TXI purchased the engine in 1984 and used it to switch 100-ton rail cars of raw material and fi nished product in and out of the Midlothian plant. The engine will be used as a learning tool in the museum's new STEM-based educational programs. Virginia In September, three public offi cials — Pat Weiler, Powhatan County administrator; March Altman, deputy county administrator-community development; and Carson Tucker, chairman of the Powhatan County Board of Supervisors — watched a blast at Luck Stone Corp.'s Powhatan quarry. Blastholes were loaded with 9,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate and yielded about 22,000 tons of granite. Powhatan Today reports that the visit was part of the Board of Supervisors' Vision 2030 program, which encourages a strong economy, in part, by being pro- business. Weiler described the blast as "very unimpressive, which is a good thing." She also noted how neat and clean the operation was. "What I saw was controlled and directed," Tucker added. :HPDNH7KH%HVW 4XDOLW\5HGXFHUV :RUOG:LGH(OHFWULF&RUSRUDWLRQ ZZZZRUOGZLGHHOHFWULFQHW &DOO1RZ)RU7KH/RZHVW 0DUNHW3ULFHV ³8OWLPDWH´6KDIW0RXQW 5HGXFHU6\VWHP 6KDIWPRXQWUHGXFHU V\VWHPFDQEHXVHG LQVWDQGDUGDJJUHJDWH DQGVFUHZFRQYH\RU DSSOLFDWLRQV 5DWLRVL]HV 5DWLRV VL]HV 'URSLQUHSODFHPHQW IRUPRVWPDMRUPDNHV \HDUZDUUDQW\ +HOLFDO,QOLQH5HGXFHUV$QG6KDIW0RXQW5HGXFHU6\VWHPV 'HVLJQHG6SHFLILFDOO\)RU6FUHZ&RQYH\RU$SSOLFDWLRQV +HOLFDO,QOLQH5HGXFHUV +3+3 $OOUDWLQJVLQVWRFN %R[VL]HV 5DWLRV &DVWLURQKRXVLQJLV SUHFLVLRQSURFHVVHG IRUEHWWHUURWDWLRQDQG TXLHWHURSHUDWLRQ 'URSLQUHSODFHPHQW IRUPRVWPDMRUPDNHV \HDUZDUUDQW\ 7H[W,1)2WRRUYLVLWZZZDJJPDQFRPLQIR