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Kyle Bagenstose  Posted Jan 13, 2019 at 5:00 AM Read original post here. On Aug. 18, 2016, it only took about a half a day’s work for the Rockhill Quarry in East Rockhill to haul out 500 tons of stone, the bare minimum to maintain its active mining permit with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Twenty-four trucks were loaded with […]

We received a call today from Congressman Fitzpatrick’s office.  Our contact shared that due do the fact that things at the federal level are a mess, Congressman Fitzpatrick has been called back to DC on Monday and will not be able to attend the planned meeting with us. Given that the Asbestos in the Quarry

http://www.eastrockhilltownship.org/resources/news/article.aspx?aid=555 Below was received on December 7 2018 from DEP regarding the naturally occurring asbestos sample.  Questions and concerns should be directed to DEP who oversee the mining operations at Rockhill Quarry, 2055 N. Rockhill Road. Under their required sampling protocol, Hanson (the operator at the East Rockhill Quarry) is required to sample for asbestos

Washington, DC—Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08) today sent a letter to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf requesting that any further redevelopment of the Rockhill Quarry be suspended until a more thorough environmental review can be conducted after asbestos was found on site. “While I appreciate the immediate moratorium of all mining, rock crushing and sizing, and all

Bob Keeler bkeeler@21st-centurymedia.com @bybobkeeler on Twitter –  Read original post here. EAST ROCKHILL >> Although township zoning permits were issued for the Rockhill Quarry for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, as well as in previous years, there was a lapse in the permits, the township manager and zoning officer testified during a May 16 session before

Found on www.wfmz.com –  Read original post here. The Ridge Run PFAS HSCA Site is located in portions of East and West Rockhill Townships, Bucks County. After one public supply well in the area was found to contain combined concentrations of PFOA and PFOS that exceeded EPA’s 70 ppt Health Advisory Limit (HAL), and another public supply well

Found on www.wfmz.com –  Read original post here. A newly reopened East Rockhill Quarry pits a $224 million turnpike contract against a small group of residents accustomed to a quiet way of life. For more than three decades, residents of a wooded section of East Rockhill, north of the Pennridge Airport, have enjoyed all the offerings that living

Written by: Chris Ruvo –  Read original post here. Resumed activity at a long-dormant quarry in East Rockhill is impacting quality of life, causing road hazards, and threatening everything from property values to local water supply and streams, residents told the township Board of Supervisors Tuesday. Residents packed the supervisors’ evening meeting to voice their concerns about

Written by: Chris Ruvo –  Read original post here. Several hundred people flocked to an East Rockhill Zoning Hearing Board meeting with a host of questions and concerns about a long-dormant quarry that has begun operating again in the township. While officials held the meeting at Pennridge High School to accommodate the expected big crowd, the initial

Written by: Chris Ruvo –  Read original post here. East Rockhill residents again showed up in force for a township zoning hearing board meeting centered on the recently resumed operations at a quarry that had been dormant since the early 1980s. Township officials held the meeting on Rockhill Quarry on April 25 at the auditorium at Pennridge