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7 AGGREGATES MANAGER January 2015 WorldWide Electric Corporation / 1-800-808-2131 / www.worldwideelectric.net C a l l N o w F o r T h e L o w e s t M a r k e t P r i c e s ! HEAVY DUTY MOTORS, GEAR REDUCERS AND CONTROLS FOR THE AGGREGATE INDUSTRY! MOTORS: - Advanced Design Rock Crusher - Conveyor / Shaker Screen GEAR REDUCERS: - Helical Inline Gear Reducer - The "Ultimate" Shaft Mount - Screw Conveyor Accessories CONTROLS: - Heavy Duty Enclosed Drive - Heavy Duty Soft Start Rhode Island The Westerly Sun reports that a lawyer representing neighbors of a former area quarry is calling for a new investigation. The lawyer says a report by an offi cial appointed by a Superior Court judge to monitor the company substantiates complaints about dust complaints and violations. A lawyer for the operator denied the operation violated local, state, or federal regulations and called his opponent's letter "a stunt intended to continue a legal battle." The court-sponsored study, the newspaper reports, says the test results are about the same as those taken more than two years ago. Wisconsin Buechel Stone Corp. has submitted an application to the town of Byron for a quarry on a 43-acre site, according to the Fond du Lac Reporter. A community informational meeting attracted approximately 80 people. The site manager for the operator told the newspaper that it has proposed blasting between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays, but would not blast every day and not each week. It planned to notify the fi ve to six homeowners located within 1,000 feet of the area when a blast would occur. If approved, the quarry would add six or seven jobs for fi rst shift, with a comparably sized second shift, as market demands dictate. The projected lifespan of the operation would be about 100 years. Texas Lehigh Hanson, Inc. announced its 2014 Quarry Life Award winners for North America. The awards program is parent company HeidelbergCement's international research and education competition, which focuses on raising awareness about the biological value of mineral extraction sites worldwide. This year, the company selected two quarries to open their doors for research projects: the Lincoln Quarry in Lincoln, Ill., and the Sechelt Mine in Sechelt, British Columbia. The North American winners include Florian Hopp, a student from Germany (Designing a Geo-Ecology and Education Nature Trail, Sechelt); Dr. D.K. Lee, University of Illinois (Biodiversity and Educational Trails on a Reclaimed Rock Quarry, Lincoln); and Dr. Sue Grayston and Emily Mason, University of British Columbia (Biodiversity in Reclamation Treatments at the Lehigh Hanson Sand and Gravel Quarry, Sechelt). Province News Vancouver-based Polaris Minerals' Orca Quarry is supplying the sand and gravel for Apple's new headquarters in Cu- pertino, Calif. It is just one of several landmark structures in the San Francisco area constructed using material from the quarry, the Vancouver Sun reports. The quarry opened in 2007, just before the market collapse. The 'Namgis First Nation owns a 12-percent equity interest in the quarry, and about half of the quarry's employees are First Nations. The operation is now the largest sand and gravel quarry in Can- ada, with 97 percent of its material being loaded by con- veyor onto Panamax ships. Much of its material is shipped into its highly automated San Francisco terminal.