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February 2016

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by Therese Dunphy | Editor-in-Chief tdunphy@randallreilly.com To keep up to date with news from the United States and Canada, visit www.AggMan.com for daily updates. STATE & PROVINCE NEWS INDIANA Lake County Surveyor Bill Emerson Jr. issued a stop work order on a portion of the Singleton Quarry project. The Times reports that all activity related to stone removal and processing was to stop until the operation received written notice from Emerson's office. The official told the newspaper that, while the company had submitted a design revision, it had not been approved by his office. The op- erator is allowed to continue work on construction of a pond. MAINE Rockland City Council is discussing the possibility of using quarries for the disposal of demolition debris. According to the Bangor Daily News, the council decided that a top priority would be to see whether it would have an effect on its efforts to get state reimbursement for closing the current quarry landfill. The city manager told council members that it may be difficult to convince the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to allow it to open another landfill in a quarry. The state's reimbursement program for closing landfills pays up to 75 percent of those expenses. NEVADA A hiker, who fell about 50 feet in the Sandstone Quarry portion of the Red Rock National Recreation Area, was rescued by Met- ro forces. KSNV reports that the man suffered minor to moderate injuries and was lifted out of the Sandstone Quarry by helicop- ter and transported to UMC. A week earlier, another man fell to his death in the Oak Canyon Ridge area of Red Rock. NEW JERSEY The borough of Riverdale reached an agreement with Tilcon to re- new its 2015-2020 operating license. According to NorthJersey. com, residents sought a property damage guarantee in case of damage to nearby condos, a limit to blasting hours, notification of when blasting would occur, and a "reduction in intensity of the blasting." There was also discussion of limiting the size of material stockpiles, increasing the reclamation bond from $2.1 to $15.9 million, and charging an extraction fee to cover any damage from blasting. In the end, Tilcon agreed to limit stock- pile size, and neighbors said communication improved. IOWA A man who sustained injuries at a quarry near Buffalo died from those injuries. According to KWQC, the victim was a contract worker performing work at the Lafarge operation. He was injured when a boom was being lowered, malfunc- tioned, and fell. The man was under the boom and became trapped. He suffered significant head, neck, and chest injuries. NEW YORK NEW JERSEY CALIFORNIA During a session of the state Department of Environ- mental Conservation to hear concerns about Lafarge's draft environmental impact plan, Town of Lockport Supervisor-elect Mark Crocker suggested that the operator be required to establish a trust fund to pay for damage to nearby homes that is caused by blast- ing. The Buffalo News reports that Crocker also said the 243-acre site — which is located opposite of its current quarry — is not zoned for mining. Employees, customers, and a board member of the local chamber of commerce spoke in favor of the operation. Two neighbors of a granite quarry leased by Freshwater Stone hired a lawyer and asked the local planning board to schedule an- other visit to the Hall Quarry operation after being asked to leave during the planning board's initial visit to the site. The Mount Des- ert Islander reports that Jeff Gammelin, president of Freshwater Stone, told Laurie and Gerald Shencavitz to leave during the first tour because they had previously trespassed on the property. A security camera captured pictures of the couple walking their dog on the site. Gammelin called the police and had the couple charged with trespassing, but the charges were later dismissed. They then claimed that he interfered with their right to attend a public meet- ing. Both the couple and Gammelin were on hand for the second site visit. As the operator seeks a new quarrying license, noise and abatement plans are expected to be the focus of public hearings. Planetary scientists are testing a new type of drill, which is intend- ed to look for signs of life deep below Mars' surface, at a United States Gypsum Co. operation in California. According to the Arizona Science and Innovation Desk, the operation has a 200-foot-thick gypsum deposit, which is similar in strength to cryogenic ice that has formed over millions of years on the polar caps of Mars. Current rovers have only scratched the surface of the planet, but this proto- type has a 15-foot cylinder with a 15-inch tungsten bit. The Plane- tary Deep Drill hasn't been assigned to a mission yet. AGGREGATES MANAGER / February 2016 7

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