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STATE & PROVINCE NEWS MINNESOTA The Scandia City Council voted 4-1 that the environmental review of Tiller Corp.'s proposed pit was adequate. According to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the company wants to reopen a pit just east of Minnesota 95 and Minnesota 97 that has not been mined since the 1980s. The dissenting council member said he was concerned about truck traffi c from the mine. Tiller began the process to reopen the mine four years ago when it requested a permit from the city. A public hearing on its permit application could be held as early as Nov. 7. Mark Sand and Gravel was extensively damaged during a fi re near its asphalt holding tanks, the Fergus Falls Daily Journal reports. Fire Chief Mark Hovland estimated a high-dollar loss and said that mo- tors and piping on some of the equipment will likely need to be replaced. Firefi ghters arrived on the scene on Sept. 24 aſt er a pipe outside one of the tanks caught fi re. Some of the material in the tank fell to the ground, and the petroleum-based material quickly led the fi re to spread. MINNESOTA NEW JERSEY Whether 109 acres of pine forest property are protected or available for rural development is at the heart of a permitt ing batt le near Patriot's Park. Ashbury Park Press reports that representatives from Peg Leg Webb LLC received preliminary approval for its proposed mine from the township planning board this summer. Th ey hope to mine 33 acres of the property, but environmentalists and neighbors are calling for a halt to the project, claiming the area is habitat to endangered and threatened species. At issue is whether the property is part of the protected Toms River Corridor. Following a 2004 study, Jackson offi cials designated the area as protected forest, but that decision was overturned in a 2007 Superior Court decision. Based on the court decision, the township designated the lot as ready for rural development, however Jackson's master plan has not yet been certifi ed by the Pinelands Com- mission, a regional environmental board that oversees development and preservation on nearly 1 million acres in seven South Jersey counties. NEW HAMPSHIRE Th e former 92-acre Twin State Sand and Gravel parcel will soon become the Iron Horse Business Park. According to Th e Union Leader, Lebanon city planners approved fi nal subdivision plans for a large industrial, offi ce, and retail development. Ten lots will be developed for industrial use, and Twin Sand and Gravel has already submitt ed a site permit application for those acres. Th e development has been in the review process for three years. HI-CAP DEWATERING MACHINE SAND PRODUCTION AT ITS BEST Higher sand production yields = less material to waste streams Recover & convert super fines into saleable profitable products Extremely dry products Advanced Pond Elimination Technology — Derrick Centrifuge Series (No cumbersome belt press or P/F press units) 590 DUKE ROAD BUFFALO, NY 14225 T: 716.683.9010 F: 716.683.4991 E-MAIL: INFO@DERRICKCORP.COM WWW.DERRICKCORP.COM DE-7200™ CENTRIFUGE AGGREGATES MANAGER November 2012 9 HI-G® DRYER VT HIGH COMPACTION CLARIFIER