Aggregates Manager Digital Magazine
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9 AGGREGATES MANAGER December 2015 Virginia Luck Specialty Products has found a new use for waste material from its quarries in its Luck Ecosystems products, The Freelance-Star reports. Jimmy Rodgers, business development manager for Luck Specialty Products, told the newspaper that one product he's particularly proud of is used in biofi ltration for stormwater runoff from blacktop and parking lots. "It's kind of a neat thing," he says. "We're helping to clean up the waterways with products that had been landfi lled or wasted." Luck Biofi lter is a mix of sand, silt, and clay that comes from Luck's Caroline County quarry. The company also uses sand from the Caroline and Green County quarries in its CourseScience Golf media, which are top dressings used to fi ll holes created through aeration, and Green Science, a premium topsoil made with the help of Virginia Tech scientists using overburden soil that's blended with compost. West Virginia Inspectors with the West Virginia De- partment of Environmental Protection issued a violation notice to Essroc's ce- ment plant near Martinsburg at the end of October. According to Herald-Mail Media, the agency conducted visible emission observations on Oct. 27 in response to complaints of nearby resi- dents. Inspectors found that the average amount of dust obscured by pollution in the air during six-minute blocks of time exceeded the plant's permitted 10-per- cent emission limit, with the highest av- erage reaching 40.4 percent. The notice said the company might be subject to civil and/or criminal penalties, including a civil penalty up to $10,000 per day, for each violation. An Essroc spokesperson outlined the steps the plant manager has taken to keep dust from leaving the plant, including a decision to stop a special operation to haul clinker to the company's sister plant in Nazareth, Pa., which was believed to be causing extra dust "from loading of the trucks and transportation on the roads." Tel: +1-630-971-0150 Email: info@flexco.com www.flexco.com SOLVING ISSUES SOLVING ISSUES ALONG THE BELT LINE At Flexco, we take your system's productivity as seriously as you do. That's why we offer comprehensive solutions to your belt conveyor issues. From conveyor belt splicing, belt cleaning systems, and belt tracking, to impact beds and maintenance tools – we can help you maximize your uptime, keep your output high, and help your employees work safer. MECHANICAL BELT SPLICING BELT CONVEYOR MAINTENANCE CONVEYOR BELT CLEANING SYSTEMS AD224_enUS_224_HPvert_Aggman_0615.indd 1 6/10/15 7:20 AM Untitled-4 1 6/15/15 1:32 PM Wyoming Sheridan County Commissioners approved permits for a quarry, The Sheridan Press reports. The 10-year quarry permit approved by commis- sioners will allow Eaton Brothers Inc. to mine sand and gravel on a 14-acre area of their ranch near Sheridan. According to the news- paper, dust control on the nearby County Road 89 would be paid in part by the county (with an annual limit of $12,500). The quarry will use approximately 6 miles of that road to haul material. The application notes that all homes within one-half mile of the quarry are owned by the Ea- ton family.