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Quarry Rehab Security and Lake Water Testing

There is a resolution on the agenda for a regular meeting of the Bernards Township Committee on April 10.  If adopted, it will reduce the security for quarry rehabilitation from about $8.4 million to $3.4 million. Below is a link … Continue reading

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Rehab Plan 2011 Settlement Agreement of 2014 and Related Documents

At a regular meeting on April 29, 2014, the Township Committee approved Resolution 2014-0186.  This authorized the township attorney to sign a settlement agreement with MQI.  The agreement  authorized MQI to import material that would be spread over the “meadow” area … Continue reading

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Monitoring Well Test Results

Joseph M. Sorge is the principal in JM Sorge, Inc., an environmental consulting firm retained by MQI.  He has done extensive testing of the soil brought into the quarry for use in construction of embankments against the steep quarry faces, and also of … Continue reading

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Potentially Harmful Substances in Fill

Below is a link to a letter to the Planning Board for its hearings on the rehab plan submitted in 2011, what I call Plan 11.  I wrote it on May 5, 2012 but did not get to present it and … Continue reading

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Final Phase II Remedial Investigation Work Plan

Joe Sorge is the environmental consultant retained by MQI to investigate the embankments constructed against the quarry faces in the northwest quadrant of the quarry, and to make recommendations.  He submitted several reports to NJ DEP in conjunction with this … Continue reading

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