Help Stop the B. Metcalf Asphalt Plant in East Canaan
Asphalt Plants - Center for Health, Environment & Justice
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Angier residents raise concerns about asphalt plant
(Vankleek Review, Wednesday, August 29, 2012) It appears the concerns of residents regarding the proposed asphalt plant have not fallen on deaf ears. At a recent council meeting, Alfred-Plantagenet councillors passed a resolution stating that plans for the plant will not proceed until a complete independent hydrogeological study is carried out on the affected property.
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Canaan zoners support amendment to prohibit asphalt
May 14, 2019 · CANAAN — The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-1 not to permit the production, manufacturing, processing and storage of asphalt in town after …
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Aug 03, 2021 · Community members raise concerns about potential asphalt plant. On the northside of Flint, St. Francis Prayer Center is where people in need come for things like food and bedding, but right next
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NORTH CANAAN – Republican American Legal Notices
A letter was received by the North Canaan Planning and Zoning Commission from Mark S. Shipman Esq. dated August 9th, 2019 for 235 East Canaan Road/B. Metcalf Asphalt Paving Inc. Requesting the Issuance of a Certificate of Approval for Site plan Modification May 14, 2018 for a Green Mix Warm Asphalt Plant. REPONSE TO YOUR LETTER
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The Effect of Asphalt Pavement on Stormwater Contamination
May 28, 2010 · leaching from asphalt pavement. One goal for this project is to raise attention to a matter that has widely been overlooked, and one that may be far greater in magnitude than has been yet realized. While the concentrations of toxic hydrocarbons entering our environment through
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North Canaan residents pass zoning amendment to prohibit
Jun 03, 2019 · Outcome of lawsuit still uncertain. By Colleen Gundlach. The prospect of a new asphalt production facility in East Canaan has created controversy, pitting Ben Metcalf, whose colorful ads for driveway repair sprinkle the North Canaan landscape, against a group of concerned citizens and neighbors. Metcalf is currently suing the town of Canaan for turning away his land-use application and …
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FATALITY INVESTIGATION REPORT
Asphalt Plant Supervisor Dies after Falling down a Drag Slat Conveyor . SUMMARY . On April 22, 2017, a 58-year-old supervisor/plant operator employed by a hot mix asphalt manufacturer died after he slid down the cover of an inclined asphalt storage silo conveyor and then fell down a stairway, landing 67 feet below on concrete.
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Blackberry River Valley Protection Alliance, Inc.
Sep 15, 2021 · The Blackberry River Valley Protection Alliance, Inc. remains focused on opposing the siting and development of an asphalt plant in North Canaan, Connecticut due to serious environmental and public health concerns. These efforts will include educating the public and public officials about the risks posed to the environment by the proposed
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North Canaan residents pass zoning amendment to prohibit
May 16, 2019 · NORTH CANAAN — Residents in North Canaan successfully passed an amendment to the town's zoning regulations earlier this week to keep asphalt plants out of town. But the standoff between
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Court hearing set for court ordered - STAP East Canaan
Nov 11, 2019 · On December 3, 2019 the court will hear arguments regarding the (writ of) * mandamus filed by B. Metcalf Asphalt Paving, Inc against the Town of North Canaan. The writ requests that the court order the approval of the Site Plan Modification for Metcalf to build a Warm-Mix Asphalt Plant in North Canaan that the town returned without action.
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Asphalt Plants - Center for Health, Environment & Justice
4. Increased dust and noise, as well as asphalt odors. 5. Concerns about increased risks of children and elders developing respiratory problems. 6. Unknown impact on private wells, natural resources, and surrounding wetlands. 7. Negative impacts on quality of life in the Town of North Canaan. 8. Predicted property value decreases (up to 30%). 9.
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Dealing with Connecticut brownfield sites is costly, time
Sep 16, 2012 · Along Canal Street, a farmer's market and new apartments and condominiums look out at the Housatonic River, on sites that once housed a corset factory, an asphalt plant and other industry.
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NC Responsible Spending | New Canaan Citizens for
Jul 13, 2011 · New Canaan Citizens for Responsible Spending submitted substantially more than the number of signatures required to call for a referendum on the $4 million bond passed by the New Canaan Town Council on February 16. The Town Council will set a date sometime this month for the referendum. The Town Clerk's office has said that absentee ballots will be available.
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Irvine Neighborhood Raises Stink Over Asphalt Plant
Dec 11, 2020 · Irvine Neighborhood Raises Stink Over Asphalt Plant. The smell of burnt rubber and worries over air pollution are keeping some residents up at night in neighborhoods surrounding an asphalt …
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Canaan zoners support amendment to prohibit asphalt
May 14, 2019 · CANAAN — The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3-1 not to permit the production, manufacturing, processing and storage of asphalt in town after …
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Irasburg School Board Raises Asphalt Plant Concerns
Nov 09, 2020 · IRASBURG — The need for increased ventilation at Irasburg Village School due to the COVID-19 pandemic has school officials worried about pollution from a nearby asphalt plant.
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How to Contain Asphalt Plant Noise | Mix Equipment Magazine
Jun 09, 2020 · plant will exceed the levels in the sound ordinance, plant operators have a number of recourses to attenuate the sound to bring the plant into compliance." How to Reduce the Impact of Plant Noise Noise at an asphalt plant is generated from a variety of sources and is defined as incoherent sound -- two or more sounds that do not possess a
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Irvine Residents Exert Influence on Proposed Irvine
Oct 22, 2021 · Most attendees came to protest the Irvine Company's efforts to build 520 multi-million dollar single-family homes approximately a half-mile away from the All American Asphalt (AAA) plant – a plant alleged to emit high levels of toxins and odors into the air. Plans for the new neighborhood also include two private parks and a daycare site.
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Truth Proof: Valley of SiddimDead Sea and Tar Pits
Jul 11, 2012 · From deep seeps in the sea, is a constant discharge of asphalt. Occasionally an enormous chunk will float up (like the one pictured left), but it is more common to see pieces like the one pictured below. The sea is constantly spitting up small pebbles of the black asphalt …
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