Stop the quarry development next to Sunlight Waters. This production may pollute the Water District 7 aquifer.
A local family in business as Gibson and Son / Elkheights Cement Products LLC currently are operating a gravel pit alongside Sunlight Drive one block south of the Sunlight Waters community of 300 owners and residents. Gibson and Son have applied to the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) for a permit to expand their operations and install a concrete and hot mix asphalt operation.
We, the homeowners, are directly affected by this commercial operation, which could damage our drinking water, further damage our water distribution system, cause fly-ash/asphalt chemical and other air quality problems.
We request that the WA DOE require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and deny the permit for this commercial activity on land that is zoned for range/forest.
The DOE will accept our comments until June 3, 2016.
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22 Comments
This quarry is detremental to our community by threatening our water and adding commercial traffic on our only access to the residential area. It negatively impacts our property values and is of no bebefit to the community at all. We have already seen residents leave the community because of the blasting and noise polution. STOP allowing this industry to destroy out community.
I am requesting you stop the development of the quarry. I recently purchased a home in this community because of the quiet and relaxing atmosphere. Water is a necessity in a home - DON'T POLUTE OUR WATER SOURCE! I came from the west side and watched the pollution from the quarry sites being opened in areas like this. It displaces the animals, causes more allergy issues and can lower property values. Please don't ruin the beauty and peace of the area for this. You would make a mistake that could not be fixed. One business verses 300 home owners - doesn't seem like it would be a difficult choice. Do the rite thing!!
This is not the place to have a commercial concrete and asphalt manufacturing plant. There are two reasons; 1. It is impeding on the Water system for sunlight waters, 2. It is being built right next to a populated residential neighborhood and the byproducts from this plant are dangerous to the local residents. I highly recommend finding a new location to establish this business so that it would not interfere with preestablished communities. There is a lot of open land with the same substructure that would be conducive to mining.
My parents retired to live in Sunlight Waters. Sunlight Waters is a peaceful and beautiful place to live. Please require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before a permit is considered for this development. This development could negatively impact the environment for the Sunlight Waters community and every aspect of this development needs public review.
The original permit to allow quarry operations within the protected zone of our drinking water well (Kittitas County Water District 7) was unduly issued. Two wrongs don't make a right! Please do not allow the expansion of these operations.
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Stop the quarry development next to Sunlight Waters. This production may pollute the Water District 7 aquifer.
A local family in business as Gibson and Son / Elkheights Cement Products LLC currently are operating a gravel pit alongside Sunlight Drive one block south of the Sunlight Waters community of 300 owners and residents. Gibson and Son have applied to the Washington Department of Ecology (DOE) for a permit to expand their operations and install a concrete and hot mix asphalt operation.
We, the homeowners, are directly affected by this commercial operation, which could damage our drinking water, further damage our water distribution system, cause fly-ash/asphalt chemical and other air quality problems.
We request that the WA DOE require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and deny the permit for this commercial activity on land that is zoned for range/forest.
The DOE will accept our comments until June 3, 2016.
Please sign this petition and share with people who may be affected.
22 Comments
The SEPA Environmental Checklist which the DOE used to make a determination that there was no Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required for this proposal was flawed. There are many kinds of wildlife inhabiting or using this property, (only deer were listed), and there will be use and discharge of water when the concrete batch and asphalt plant is in operation, not "No" and "None" for discharge of waste to surface waters, There will also be fly-ash, concrete dust problems and asphalt odors not mentioned in the SEPA Checklist. Many of the residents of Sunlight Waters are elderly, and suffer from lung problems, myself included. This proposed project will poison our well, pollute our air, and make life in Sunlight Waters impossible for us.
This quarry is detremental to our community by threatening our water and adding commercial traffic on our only access to the residential area. It negatively impacts our property values and is of no bebefit to the community at all. We have already seen residents leave the community because of the blasting and noise polution. STOP allowing this industry to destroy out community.
I am requesting you stop the development of the quarry. I recently purchased a home in this community because of the quiet and relaxing atmosphere. Water is a necessity in a home - DON'T POLUTE OUR WATER SOURCE! I came from the west side and watched the pollution from the quarry sites being opened in areas like this. It displaces the animals, causes more allergy issues and can lower property values. Please don't ruin the beauty and peace of the area for this. You would make a mistake that could not be fixed. One business verses 300 home owners - doesn't seem like it would be a difficult choice. Do the rite thing!!
This is not the place to have a commercial concrete and asphalt manufacturing plant. There are two reasons; 1. It is impeding on the Water system for sunlight waters, 2. It is being built right next to a populated residential neighborhood and the byproducts from this plant are dangerous to the local residents. I highly recommend finding a new location to establish this business so that it would not interfere with preestablished communities. There is a lot of open land with the same substructure that would be conducive to mining.
My parents retired to live in Sunlight Waters. Sunlight Waters is a peaceful and beautiful place to live. Please require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) before a permit is considered for this development. This development could negatively impact the environment for the Sunlight Waters community and every aspect of this development needs public review.
The original permit to allow quarry operations within the protected zone of our drinking water well (Kittitas County Water District 7) was unduly issued. Two wrongs don't make a right! Please do not allow the expansion of these operations.
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The SEPA Environmental Checklist which the DOE used to make a determination that there was no Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required for this proposal was flawed. There are many kinds of wildlife inhabiting or using this property, (only deer were listed), and there will be use and discharge of water when the concrete batch and asphalt plant is in operation, not "No" and "None" for discharge of waste to surface waters, There will also be fly-ash, concrete dust problems and asphalt odors not mentioned in the SEPA Checklist. Many of the residents of Sunlight Waters are elderly, and suffer from lung problems, myself included. This proposed project will poison our well, pollute our air, and make life in Sunlight Waters impossible for us.