by Justine McDaniel, Updated: February 26, 2020 When Dan Soliday was a kid in the 1960s, he and his friends sometimes played at the expansive quarry near his home in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County. Now, he’s scared for his 3-year-old granddaughter to even play in his yard a quarter mile from the site. The […]
Video Run Time: 3:55 Published: 2020/02/21 After asbestos was found at the Rockhill Quarry, locals joined legislators to call for a shutdown of the facility. Watch the video at the PBS website: https://www.wlvt.org/blogs/bucks/neighbors-legislators-call-for-shutdown-of-rockhill-quarry/
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Justin Backover Feb 21, 2020 EAST ROCKHILL TWP., Pa. – Lawmakers say a quarry full of asbestos in upper Bucks County must be shut down for good, and more than a hundred people who live nearby joined them at a rally Friday in a show of support. After almost three years, the residents of East
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By CBS3 Staff February 21, 2020 at 7:13 pm EAST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — Some elected officials are calling for the shutdown of a quarry in Bucks County where there is naturally-occurring asbestos. The asbestos was discovered at the Rockhill Quarry. Lawmakers and some in the community want all work there halted. “Now we
Friday, February 21, 2020 SELLERSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Federal and state lawmakers say a quarry where asbestos was found in Upper Bucks County must be shut down for good. Local officials want all work at Rockhill Quarry suspended until an investigation is done. State Senator Steve Santarsiero and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick held a rally Friday
By Chris Ullery Posted Feb 21, 2020 at 4:28 PM Naturally occurring asbestos found at the Rockhill Quarry last December was supposed to halt all work at the site, but state officials were alerted to work activity just days ago. News that the state’s Department of Environmental Protection was alerted to the unauthorized work at
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By CHRIS ULLERY FEB 21, 2020 Naturally occurring asbestos found at the Rockhill Quarry last December was supposed to halt all work at the site, but state officials were alerted to work activity just days ago. News that the state’s Department of Environmental Protection was alerted to the unauthorized work at the site came Friday
Media Advisory Amy.Masgay@pasenate.com(267) 243-7694 /Senator Santarsiero Contact: Amy Masgay Elected Officials Call for State Action to Protect Residents from Asbestos Exposure EAST ROCKHILL TOWNSHIP – State and Federal elected officials are holding a press conference to call for state action to prevent mining operations and other activities at Rockhill Quarry where naturally occurring asbestos has been discovered. Health officials have
EAST ROCKHILL TWP., Pa. – Federal and state lawmakers say a quarry full of asbestos in upper Bucks County must be shut down for good. The officials want any work at Rockhill Quarry suspended until an investigation is done and they say they’ll make that clear at a rally Friday. A congressman, a state senator
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By Chris Ullery Posted Feb 20, 2020 at 4:49 PM Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Democratic state Sen. Steve Santarsiero and the Bucks County commissioners are now all calling for the shutdown of operations of a controversial quarry in East Rockhill. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick on Thursday echoed a state lawmaker’s earlier calls to close the