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NORTH CAROLINA Robeson County officials took opposing views on Buie Lakes Plantation LLC's proposed mining operation. According to The Robesonian, County Manager Ricky Harris says he sees the upside of the proposal, noting that it will create jobs and does not require tax relief. John McNeill, mayor of Red Springs, says he doesn't believe the company will follow through with plans to construct a $22 million processing plant. Despite the controversy and approximately 150 people attending its public meet- ing, Robeson County Commissioners unanimously granted its request for a conditional-use permit. Pennsylvania Phillyburbs.com reports that sinkholes were among the topics discussed at the first Texas Houston-based Cemex introduced the Ecoperating seal to annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the Solebury Board of Supervisors, and area residents, regarding New Hope Crushed Stone Quarry's 80-year-old operation. The meetings are part of a settlement agree- ment that resulted when the board of supervisors dropped out of a legal battle with the quarry over its plans to expand operations. Michael Kutney, a DEP geologist who oversees New Hope Crushed Stone, said the state's environmental data does not correlate the sinkholes or neighbor's dry water wells with mining operations. In fact, he told attendees, "the sinkholes opened up long before the quarry (water) pumping would have had an impact." Regardless of DEP data, the quarry has hired a consultant to repair the sinkholes before school begins in the fall. Although the board of supervisors dropped its lawsuit, the Solebury School and Primrose Creek Watershed Association are still pursuing legal action against the operation. products, including products like low CO2 cement or concrete, services such as paperless invoicing, and the increased use of alternative fuels derived from industrial, agricultural, and residential waste. The seal was introduced in June in a num- ber of Cemex's cement and concrete products in Croatia. The company has not listed a date for the availability of Ecoperat- ing products in the United States. identify products and services in its portfolio of building solu- tions said to have an outstanding sustainability performance. According to the company, Ecoperating is a seal that was developed through a rigorous internal process that measures the environmental or social impact of a range of its building WASHINGTON Chantilly Crushed Stone Inc. may close the doors on a half-century-old stone quarry in Loudoun County. The Washington Business Journal reports that it applied to the county to rezone its 338-acre property to make way for a mixed use development comprised of homes, offices, shops, and hotels. If approved, it plans a multi-phase development with the first phase consisting of more than 3 million square feet of commercial space and 2,500 homes. Screening & Processing Size Reduction Material Handling Storage & Reclaim Pneumatics Vibratory Feeders Jeffrey Rader Corporation is a leading manufacturer of Vibratory Feeders and Conveyors for the Aggregate, Coal and Mining Industries. Our line of Electromagnetic, Electromechanical and Brute Force Feeders are unsurpassed in quality and output. With unit capacities of up to 2,500 TPH and one of the quickest delivery schedules in the industry, we can build and ship your equipment when you need it and guarantee it to work. Jeffrey Rader also stocks complete units when you need to get the plant operational in days, not weeks. CRUSH. FEED. PROCESS. CONVEY. STORE. Jeffrey Rader Corporation • 398 Willis Road • Woodruff, South Carolina 29388 • 1.800.615.9296 • www.jeffreyrader.com/ef5 10 Write 148 on Reader Card or visit www.aggman.com/info AGGREGATES MANAGER September 2012 Jeffrey_AGRM0311.indd 1 2/24/11 11:12 PM