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5 AGGREGATES MANAGER September 2015 Pennsylvania A 20-year-old male, Demond Alexander Link, was presumed drowned after his body was found in the Birdsboro Climbing Quarry. 69News reports that crews rushed to the area after receiving reports that some- one had gone missing underwater at the site. The search lasted until late into the evening and resumed the following morning, when his body was recovered. Tennessee Construction has begun on a new 76-acre multipurpose entertainment venue in Thompson's Station. According to the Tennessean, Graystone Quarry Events broke ground on the venue, which is planned for weddings, corporate meetings, or concerts. The site will feature a 15,000-square-foot event space in two buildings. A Tennessee barn, resembling a mountain lodge, will be built, as well as a boutique amphitheater, which will be located at the bottom of a reclaimed limestone quarry. Pennsylvania Neighbors of the proposed Gibraltar Rock quarry in New Hanover are concerned about chemical ground- water pollution adjacent to the operator's site. According to The Mercury, pollutants were found on the nearby site last summer. Neigh- bor William Snook says he is wor- ried that, although the main body of underground pollutants is currently contained behind a wall of under- ground diabase, it could be released when Gibraltar begins blasting and fractures the rock. The Pennsylva- nia Department of Environmental Protection wrote that both surface water and groundwater collected during operations "shall be tested for VOCs." In June, the township su- pervisors voted 3-2 to grant prelim- inary site plan approval for the fi rst portions of the project, which had been tied up in court and zoning proceedings for nearly a decade. South Carolina A neighborhood group, the Ridge Protection Coalition, is fi ghting plans for a 500-acre quarry in Lexington County. To date, it has addressed the Lexington County Council twice, but group leader Lisa Lewis said the group isn't being given an adequate voice during council meetings. Council Chairman Johnny Jeffcoat said the body hasn't ignored the group, but that it is "limited in what it can do to stop a business that is following extensive regulations, most of them controlled by the Department of Health and Environmental Con- trol. He added that Vulcan Materials Co. Vice President of Operations Roger Dunlap told him the restrictions now imposed on the site are among the most stringent the company has ever had to deal with. The Free Times reports that three lawmakers from the county are seeking statewide legislation that would pro- vide larger buffer zones around quarries.