Commissioners Vote Against Limestone Quarry Plan

Oct 03, 2020· The Coffee County Planning Commission voted down a request for a new quarry in the county with a narrow 4-3 vote. However, the debate may have just started as the full commission has the final say-so. However, if the issue is brought to the table, the planning commission would send an unfavorable recommendation as result of the four-to-three vote.

A cement company's plan to expand a quarry in Richmond Township has raised concerns about losing farmland and the effect on Moselem Creek. Allentown-based Lehigh Cement Co. barely uses a …

The slim hope of avoiding the worst local land-use decision in years rests with county Commissioner Jim Adkins. All it would take is a "no" vote on Tuesday, when the commission will be asked ...

JASPER, Mo. — Battle lines are being drawn over a proposal to open a new limestone quarry less than a mile northeast of Jasper. The Jasper City Council has passed a resolution opposing the quarry.

Tim Lange is a citizen representative on the plan commission. He said he is torn about the issue, noting that Tri-County needs the quarry and does a lot of work in the area.

Jun 17, 2015· Opponents of proposed Clark County limestone quarry get both good and bad news from judge By Greg Kocher - [email protected] June 17, 2015 05:49 PM,

In 2008, at the commission's request, Sen. Tom Butler, D-Madison, led the rest of the Limestone County legislative delegation in drafting four bills aimed at blocking a quarry at Tanner.

Quarry Preserve, a proposed 5,800-home development north of Brooksville, cleared an important hurdle this month when the Hernando Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to send the plan to the Florida Department of Community Affairs for review. Should the Quarry Preserve plan clear its review, it would return to the county commission for further consideration as soon as late spring or early ...

"A rock quarry has got to go where there is a good road ... and you've got to have a quarry where there's good rock at," Anderson said, adding that three types of limestone run through the ...

Garfield County Community Development staff presented findings at the county commissioners meeting Monday that Rocky Mountain Resources has violated conditions of its current limestone quarry permit. Under scrutiny are the size of quarry operations, what RMR is actually mining and selling, operating the mine during a restricted time frame, inadequate dust control, possible problems with Traver ...

The Garfield Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Monday night to give Rocky Mountain Resources until June 1 to come into compliance with its county special-use permit, or face further legal action. After a nearly three-hour public hearing, the clock was set for the controversial quarry ...

Sep 08, 2017· JOHNSON -- The Planning Commission members unanimously denied the proposal for a 58-acre limestone quarry after vocal opposition from residents and Zero Mountain representatives.

Jul 16, 2020· Leavenworth County commissioners approved a special use permit for a proposed sand quarry.However, an agreement between the applicant for the special use permit and county officials still has to be negotiated.The motion to approve the special use permit was 4-1. Commissioner Mike Stieben, who represents the area of the proposed sand mining operation, voted against the motion.The vote …

Jun 06, 2005· The Inland Quarries has shut down its underground limestone mining operation in Kansas City, Kan. ... Kan. Wyandotte County's Unified Board of Commissioners voted down the expansion plan last year

Sep 30, 2020· Sept. 22, four of the seven Coffee County Planning Commission's members voted against and three voted in favor of creating a new zone that would allow establishing a quarry in Coffee County. With the full commission having the final say-so, if the issue is brought to the table, the planning commission would send an unfavorable recommendation.

Nov 14, 2019· The proposed expansion of the Mid-Contintent Limestone Quarry above Glenwood Springs by the politically connected Rocky Mountain Resources has spurred the city to create a taxpayer funded campaign against the plan. The mine's existing footprint of roughly 16 acres is in yellow and the proposed expansion is in red.

Glenwood Springs City Council officially voiced its opposition Thursday to the proposed Rocky Mountain Resources limestone quarry expansion above town. In a resolution passed unanimously by the seven-member council, the city presented a number of findings, including what councilors believe will be ...

The Benton County Planning Commission voted to allow the limestone quarry to go on a stretch of 135-acres along N Old Wire Rd. The unpaved roads that run along that area sit in a valley called ...

Aug 22, 2019· Commissioner Steve Johnson, a Republican, was the lone vote against allowing the mine, citing the residential development surrounding it. Neighbors are heartened by the court decision. They brought the lawsuit through the nonprofit, Thompson Area Against Stroh Quarry, claiming Donnelly shouldn't have voted under a state regulation on ...

Jul 08, 2020· A year after a planning commission took up the issue, Leavenworth County's top governing body is scheduled this evening to finally conduct a public hearing on a request for a special use permit for a sand quarry.County commissioners are scheduled to conduct the hearing regarding what is commonly referred to the Lenape sand quarry during a special meeting, which is scheduled to begin …

Oct 04, 2018· Laramie County Planning Commission rejects quarry plan ... for decades and regularly attended community meetings organizing against the quarry. ... the commission postponed the vote…

Jan 14, 2020· GREENWOOD, Mo. — At a public hearing that lasted several hours Tuesday, people in communities surrounding Greenwood, Missouri, accused the …

Every person who delivered public comment spoke in opposition to RMR, and urged the commissioners to take action against the quarry operator. The speakers included former Glenwood Springs Mayor Michael Gamba, current Mayor Jonathan Godes, Mayor Pro-tem Shelley Kaup and Councilor Rick Voorhees. "We're a nation of rules and laws.

Every person who delivered public comment spoke in opposition to RMR, and urged the commissioners to take action against the quarry operator. The speakers included former Glenwood Springs Mayor Michael Gamba, current Mayor Jonathan Godes and Mayor Pro-tem Shelley Kaup. "We're a nation of rules and laws. We're a community of rules and laws.

The proposal to expand a limestone quarry in Sunrise Beach is headed to the Camden County Commission, against the wishes of the residents who live in the area. ... The board voted 5 …

Sep 13, 2020· Despite assurances from a company representative, the Sun Prairie Plan Commission voted Sept. 8 to recommend denial of a proposed quarry along Highway C in the Village of Windsor.

The claim also states that commissioners did not have authority to enforce the ordinance. John Knochel was one of the commissioners who voted that ordinance into law. He said even then commissioners knew the group might take legal action against them. "That was a concerned thought when that ordinance was passed," the former commissioner said.

May 26, 2020· Garfield County Commissioners have voiced concern about the Bureau of Land Management's environmental review of a hydrology study for the proposed Mid-Continent Limestone Quarry expansion. But, as KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh found out, there may be some misunderstandings about the review process.

Oct 02, 2020· Vulcan Materials plans to set up a 1500-acre open-pit rock quarry in a non-industrial area of Comal County between Bulverde, Spring Branch, Garden Ridge, and New Braunfels near Highway 46, FM 3009, FM 1863, and Beck Road. The proposed limestone quarry, nearly three miles across, will affect over 12,000 residents.