| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday February travel pifts Continued from A1 a gcowiimg vaOloycomcem near Nibley and Anhder testi— fied last summer before a state legislative task force that was-- ' looking at ways to reduce the effects of the operations on m ' ' pits that haven’t been reclaimed The county mines gravel for maintenance and construction of its roads which ironically are a victim traffic yet of gravel-truc- k another issue associated with the operations According to the Utah Department of Trans- -' poriation a fully loaded truck has the same impact on a road - - - New restaurant up-fro- nt ‘ ff mining-feg-ulation- n ' - - - “ project are from5 am to midnight Normal operations would be from 6 am to 10 pm and the crusher would run from 6 am to 6 pm If there is a need for emergency operation hours die company would have to get permission from the county ' But Jaimee and Chris Checketts who live at 1980 High Creek Road said in their letter to the Planning and Zon- ing Commission that the pro- posed hours of operation remain excessive “A recent look at other permits in the county shows that 7 am to 10 pm is the standard amount of time in which to operate” they wrote “If this time frame is granted a ' new standard may be set” In its letter Christensen Construction' also said it wodhbbuild an entrance to the pit IW firet from the road to allow its trucks to pull com pletely off the right of way Bret Christensen also said the company plans to move the entrance farther east on the road so it's out of residents' Cove Continued from A1 Cache County Administration Building “We’re not asking ' for any thing Out of the ordi- ' nary company President Bret Christensen said recently “We’re trying to be good neighbors and cooperate any ' way we can to minimize the impact I live in Cove I don’t want the neighbors upset with ' me” The company had originally requested permission to load and haul gravel from the site 24 hours a day during the ' widening of US Highway 89 from Southfield to the Idaho border That project is expect- -' ed to begin this spring and last : : - for about twd years Christensen said the round- operations were needed because construction will snarl traffic between the ' gravel pit and die company’s concrete batch plant in Logan Thecompany is also negotiat' 'view ing a contract to supply con-- : : crete and fill for the road But residents say the com-pashouldn’t be using that v project According to the letter portion of High Creek Road at neW proposed all Instead they want Chrisof hofs operation during the' tensen to use an existing the-clo- ck - mile proposed pit He begins his letter by saying that he is friends with Bret Chris- ' tensen as well as the Walker Checkettses said that would family which owns the prop- help to contain operations erty where the pit is planned He said Bret Christensen’s within the proposed rite reduce traffic and maintain the cousin who was killed in sin accident at a nearby gravel pit integrity of the canyon In his letter to the Planning several years ago was his best and Zoning Commission Dr ' ' friend as a child Monte Carlson who lives at “Forgive me beginning this ' 12303 N 2000 East in Cove letter with such personal emoalso cited lingering concerns tion” Carlson wrote “I do so ' about High Cteek Road to help you understand how ' serious we consider this mat- “The question is not ‘if there will be accidents” he ter If there is any possible wrote “It will be ‘when-- and way our issues could be ‘how many” resolved to meet our needs as well as those of Christensen’s Carlson claims there are 36 or Walker’s we would literal- residents within entrance to the property farther west and travel to the gravel-minin- g area on an ’ existing private roadThe v :7 1 : ny AGGIE COUNTRY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER and Dr Read McGregor would Ntotoannounoattia Mnn llayroijr liT " ly rejoice” Elain Christensen who is not related to the Christensen Construction family said she lives about a mile from thesite on 2000 East During a recent phone conversation she saide very one understands that gravel is a necessity but the pit could be run in a way that minimizes the impact' on the community “I think there are compror ' piises that both sides will need to make and I'm afraid the company is not going to have to make any” she said “These are tough tough things and that's why everybody has to be considered and not just the - 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- People - es as 14000 cars These are just a few of the ' many reasons why Anhder and others pleaded with the task force to tighten the state’s gravel pit regulations “It is generally recognized that gravel pit operations are essential” Anhder told the task force “However there seems to have developed a attitude by nearly hands-othe state We encourage some changes” Despite the pleas though ' the task force didn’t recommend any legislation State Sen Peter Knudson R- the Brigham City who chaired ' task force said members chose to leave gravel pits alone because they didn’t want to impose onerous restrictions Knudson said gravel-p- it operators promised ' 2004 — A9 Continued from A8 gravel pit hearings “where they would make a good-fait- h effort to be better neighbors people were literally duking it managjer of physical sciences “If they continue to ignore out” He said gravel operain the Office of Technology that then I suspect there Could tions are inherently difficult Management and Comincr- be legislation” Knudson said land-usto deal with and realization (OTMC) His “What happens is they get some jurisdictions do a better responsibilities will include busy and the busier they get handling a substantial portfojob than others the less they're concerned lio of technologies and imple“From Cache County's perabout the impacts on the menting strategies for spective it's become more of Our point here neighbors USU tech- commercializing an Teuscher was to open up dialogue” issue” said nologies Because the state does little “They are very onerous DeVito graduated from Rutto regulate gravel pits which There’s a lot of impaict on the University with a bachegers aren’t often within city limits neighborhood and they tend in physics and received lor's the issue is generally left in ' to be there for a long time" his doctorate in experimental the hands of counties Anhder nuclear physics at Michigan Teuscher said that when he said that he feels local offiState University He has been was in West Valley City one cials could be doing a better the director of Research for abandoned gravel pit was job 'Siemens Medical Systems and info but turned a golf course “Quite frankly the Cache was recently the director of that’s an expensive option County Planning Commission detector'technology at Con- has not been that great of a Fortunately he said Cache stellatjon Technology Cdrpo- friend to the neighbors 6f County is not particularly ration where he managed the gravel frits” he said gravel rich with just a handful nuclear program and led techCounty officials meanof areas having quality Bon- nology and product developwhile said they are in the neville lake bed deposits ment ' process of rewriting Cache’s' Teuscher said some officials zoning ordinance including have argued there's a need for the portion related to gravel planning to identify Olive Garden will open its ’ operations and discourage ' newest Tuscan Farmhouse-desigsources ' “We’re really concerned gravel about the gravel pits” said development around them restaurant in Logan at until they’vebeeri mined 1220 North Main St on MonCoupty Attorney George Dairies who acts as legal Unfortunately most are in day Feb L6 This is the first ' Counsel to the Planning and Tuscan Farmhouse-desig- n areas- zoned agricultural Zoning Commission “It's just where people want to develop Olive Garden to open in ' a very difficult situation” H an? HPcn 'n so it eiids up being ' Cache County Planner Mark property an issue of right versus right Tt?1316' Teuscher is no stranger to the Morc than 160Jobs wn L That’s always tnettaianc- He issue created with the opening of gravel pit previously ing act the county has to worked in West Valley City I82sei play he saidhome to numerous such oper- -' foot restaurant that also is ' The Planning Commission ations ' expected to contribute to the will play it again on Monday Teuscher said he’s been in state’s restaurant industry water quality concerns Local governments can require reclamation but not for pits ' that are “grandfathered” Cache County has begun requiring the reclamation of gravel pits but the county itself owns several abandoned Crow Mountain Meanwhile LeGrand Johnson Construe- tion Co is seeking a permit communities for a pit at 4800 S 200 East near Nibley Although one Anhder said Nibley city is official about LeGrand the said concerned latter county two requests likely will be Johnson's most recent permit ' tabled Monday ’s meeting request because the proposed should still be interesting pit sits right on top of the Last month when Christensen city’s water source The state ' has no guidelines for water initially presented the application fen the pit near Cove it source protection leaving was standing-rooonly in the local jurisdictions to develop Multi Purpose Room of the their own plans However County Administration Build-in-g ' although several gravel pits as residents turned out in border Nibley they sit outside the the city’s boundaries That contest proposal drov&jo means Nibley cannot require During that meeting one planning commissioner called compliancy on water issues Anhder safd small cities simgravel pits “by far the most controversial issue we face” ply don’t have the resources to But the Planning Commission go up against the large compais not alone As development nies that ftherally operate has encroached on gravel gravel pits Fbr e’kajnple Par-sons which has a pit near deposits throughout Utah cities and counties across the Nibley is owned by one of the state have struggled to deal largest construction compa-nies in the world with the very same questions “Gravel pits generally are Tbe real problftn according to Nibley City Manager Larry not good neighbors EspeciAnhder is that gravel pits are ally to a really sriiall city” '' s Aiihder said “They impact the exempt from state related to red communities but they don’t tion licensing and taxatii contribute to the taxbase” For example unlike other Another key issue is recla- Iffiation The state doesn’t mining companies gravel pit operators don!t have to pay require companies to restore state severance fees which abandoned gravel pits which would go into government frequently become shooting coffers to be used for impact tingesorhavens for dirtbike ‘ riders Abandoned unrestored mitigation There are several gravel pits frits create safety dust and 1 0 OSHA HAZWOPER our Refresher Class:’ February 6h From 8 : : $55 pef am to 5 student pm |
