TOWARD SUCCESSFUL PERMITTING OF MINERAL AGGREGATE OPERATIONS

Obtaining a permit to develop a new mineral reserve from which mineral aggregate can be manufactured is a long and complex process. The producer must coordinate data and efforts of many outside experts and of his own company personnel to assure that all required information is presented. First, however, a site that will have minimal environmental problems must be selected. Then all potential environmental problems associated with operating that site and the means of mitigating any such problems should be determined. Talking with permitting agencies early in the permitting process is important. Usually, talking with people who live nearby to describe who the operating people are, where else they operate, and what they hope to do is also important. In most cases public hearings will be required, and it is usually necessary for presentations of experts to be integrated and coordinated. This can often be done by an attorney, preferably one who is familiar to local people, who has a good reputation, and who understands the local ordinances and the permitting process. An extremely important component of a presentation is for the company to be able to demonstrate that at other locations at which they operate they have already put into practice the sorts of things that they plan at the new operation. Even if all steps are taken carefully and skillfully and with sensitivity to the local population's feelings, there is no assurance of success in obtaining a mining permit, because the results of public hearings are not predictable. But if the producing company touches all required bases, the chances of success increase enormously.

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• Authors:
  • Giguere, Michael J
  • Graham, Edward K
  • Hart, Michael J
  • Lappegaard, Ray
  • Luck III, Charles S
• Conference:
  • Symposium on Reducing Constraints on Mineral Aggregate Development, 1984, Washington, Dc, USA
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 5-7
• Monograph Title: Mineral aggregates
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 989
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adjudication; Mineral aggregates; Mining; Permits; Public hearings; Public participation; Public relations; Regulations
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Law; Society; I52: Construction of Pavements and Surfacings;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450243
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037735
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 693
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM