Dave Brown, President, Benchmark Resources, and Andy Kopania, Principal Hydrologist, EMKO Environmental, will present at the California Construction and Industrial Materials Association (CalCIMA) 2011 Education Conference in Monterey. Their paper, entitled Value-Added Reclamation – Quarries as Water Storage and Supply, will address issues and opportunities for integrating storage of water at reclaimed mines. The discussion [...]
Currently one of the more locally-contentious mining projects in California, the Jesse Morrow Mountain Project, located in eastern Fresno County, continues to draw interest. Benchmark Resources, Fresno County’s EIR Consultant, is preparing the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that will respond to over 400 comment letters on the Draft EIR. The key issues of controversy [...]
On June 15, 2010, the Madera County Board of Supervisors approved the Madera Quarry Project. The Board previously approved the project in 2006. Opposed by neighbors on the grounds of groundwater, noise, and traffic concerns, the project was bounced through the Courts, and the County issued a Revised EIR in December 2004. The Revised EIR, [...]
Vulcan Materials has proposed a quarry in southeastern Madera County named the Austin Quarry Project. Located near the intersection of State Routes 41 and 145, it is the second of three recent mining proposals in Madera County. The project is planned to provide 2.5 million tons annually for up to 100 years. Benchmark Resources is [...]
Benchmark Resources is a new name, but with faces familiar to the mining and construction materials industry and lead agencies throughout California. David Brown, founder of Resource Design Technology, Inc., and Bruce Steubing, its Vice President, re-labeled the office in April 2010 under the formal name “Benchmark Land Use Group, Inc., dba Benchmark Resources.” Plans [...]
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