Tag: Parleys Canyon
11 months ago
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How firing ranges’ hidden costs are passed onto taxpayers

For 50 years a critical piece of Salt Lake City key watershed used as a shooting range. Now taxpayers are on the hook...

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about 1 year ago
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Bill would shield new quarries from county oversight

A bill unveiled Monday in the Utah Legislature would shield new quarries from virtually any county or municipal overs...

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over 1 year ago
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State OKs road upgrades for Parleys quarry project

Utah highway officials have authorized road improvements supporting a controversial quarry project in Parleys Canyon ...

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over 1 year ago
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Draper takes Geneva Rock to court over Point of the Mountain quarry expansion

The city of Draper seeks to block gravel producer Geneva Rock's attempts to evade local land-use rules as it expands ...

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over 1 year ago
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Regulator approves Parleys Canyon quarry, but with conditions that could forestall any mining

Utah mining regulators issue a permit for a controversial limestone quarry proposed in Parleys Canyon, but with numer...

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over 1 year ago
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Parleys Canyon mine tests the limits of authority of Utah’s mining division

Utah mining regulators are wrestling over how much authority they have over a proposed limestone quarry in Parleys Ca...

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almost 2 years ago
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Quarry proponents seek to begin mining Parleys in July, setting up a showdown with Salt Lake County

Proponents of a controversial quarry in Utah's Parleys canyon intend to begin mining limestone in July, despite Salt ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County mining ban draws lawsuit from Parleys quarry developers

The proponents of a limestone quarry in Parleys Canyon are suing to invalidate a ban on new mines recently adopted by...

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about 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County has blocked new mining, but will the zoning ordinance hold up against legal chal...

Did the Salt Lake Council break a 2019 law protecting the mining of "critical infrastructure materials?"

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about 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County bans new mines in Wasatch foothills and canyons

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Salt Lake County Council amended the county’s zoning ordinances to ban new mining...

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about 2 years ago
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Parleys Canyon mine proponents retrench behind a smaller project

To resolve its dispute with DOGM, Tree Farm agreed to withdraw its large-mine application to focus exclusively on a s...

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about 2 years ago
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Granite Construction to operate proposed Parleys Canyon pit, now called I-80 South Quarry

The proponent of a controversial limestone quarry in Parleys Canyon has named Granite Construction as its operator, a...

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over 2 years ago
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Proposed Parleys Canyon quarry blindsided neighbors

Without telling his nearly 100 neighbors, Jesse Lassley bought up private land last year and developed a plan to carv...

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over 2 years ago
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Salt Lake County moves to block a new mine in Parleys Canyon

The Salt Lake County Council is considering an ordinance that seeks to block a proposed limestone quarry in Parleys C...

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over 2 years ago
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Major limestone quarry proposed for Parleys Canyon

A Parleys Canyon landowner proposes cutting a large pit into Grandeur Peak to extract and crush 2 million tons of lim...

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