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The Philadelphia Inquirer: No mining, For Now, at East Rockhill Quarry

by Chris Brennan, Updated: April 10, 2020 A quarry owner and a mining operator have terminated their lease for operations in Bucks County’s East Rockhill Township, scoring a victory for residents and environmental activists concerned about the spread of asbestos that naturally occurs in the rock there. The unanswered questions: Will the owner, Hanson Aggregates Pennsylvania in Allentown, bring […]

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Herald: East Rockhill Quarry Lease Ended

By Bob Keeler bkeeler@21st-centurymedia.com @bybobkeeler on Twitter EAST ROCKHILL — The owner and tenant at Rockhill Quarry have agreed to end the lease. An April 2 update letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to the township and other officials included that information, East Rockhill Township said in an April 3 quarry update posted

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The Intelligencer: Asphalt Operator Terminates Lease with Rockhill Quarry

By Anthony DiMattia Posted Apr 3, 2020 at 5:58 PM On Friday, Richard E. Pierson Inc. announced it planned to terminate its lease agreement with Rock Hill Quarry owner Hanson Aggregates. The fight over a controversial proposal to replace an East Rockhill quarry with an asphalt plant may be over. On Friday, Richard E. Pierson

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DEP questions Rockhill quarry asbestos survey, alerts to equipment removal

By Chris UlleryPosted Mar 6, 2020 at 10:28 AM The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Tuesday approved Richard E. Pierson’s request to remove various equipment from Rockhill Quarry, as it seeks more information from the quarry operator on testing results related to asbestos at the site. A geological survey to find the extent of

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Judge: No asphalt plant at Rockhill Quarry

By Chris Ullery Posted Mar 3, 2020 at 1:38 PMUpdated Mar 3, 2020 at 5:40 PM Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert J. Mellon issued an injunction Tuesday preventing an asphalt plant at Rockhill Quarry in East Rockhill, handing a victory to residents who opposed it. The ruling does not, however, deal with

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The Intelligencer: Quarry riles officials, residents as court hearing approaches

By Chris UlleryPosted at 6:01 AM An area environmental group will stage a demonstration outside the Bucks County Justice Center Monday morning before a trial between East Rockhill and Rockhill Quarry starts at 9:30 a.m. in Doylestown. Area residents against a proposed asphalt plant at Rockhill Quarry plan to gather en masse Monday as a

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Bucks County Herald: Fitzpatrick, Santarsiero urge closing of Rockhill Quarry

By Joe Ferry Thursday, February 27th The drumbeat of federal, state, and local officials calling for the permanent closure of an Upper Bucks County quarry linked to naturally occurring asbestos continues to grow louder. Within the last week, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, state Sen. Steve Santarasiero, and all three Bucks County commissioners said the Rockhill Quarry

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The Intelligencer: Editorial: Close Rockhill Quarry for good

Posted Feb 27, 2020 at 5:31 AM We have no trouble backing an effort to close the Rockhill Quarry for good. In fact, we’re not sure it ever should have opened up again in the first place. This month state Sen. Steve Santarsiero, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, the Bucks County Board of Commissioners and the

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The Philadelphia Inquirer: Asbestos naturally occurs in the rock at a Bucks County quarry. An operator wants to mine there.

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

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PBS 39: Protest at Rockhill Quarry

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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