Mine Planning and Permitting in New York
NYCO Minerals, Inc. Comprehensive Mine Plan, Lewis, New York. H2H is providing comprehensive mine planning, reclamation, and environmental assessment consulting services for the 100 acre wollastonite mine in the Adirondack Mtns. of New York. The project involves the design of the mine as well as the evaluation of all the potential environmental impacts, noise, dust visual groundwater and surface water, etc. associated with the project. H2H is developing a three dimensional mine plan for the site that incorporates the ore body, reserve estimates, mine and reclamation plan limits as well as other geologic and geochemical constraints on the site.
Delaney Crushed Stone Products, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Mayfield, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 100 acre crushed stone and sand and gravel operation in the Adirondack Park in New York. Permitting and planning activities include the estimation of reserves, assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
Peckham Materials Corp., Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Chestertown, NY. H2H provided comprehensive mine planning, reserves estimates, reclamation, permitting, and environmental assessment consulting services for the 100 acre expansion of this quarry in the Adirondack Park of New York. The project involved the design of the mine expansion as well as the evaluation of all the potential environmental impacts, noise, dust visual groundwater and surface water, traffic etc. associated with the project. H2H also designed and implemented all mitigation efforts associated with this multiphase mining and reclamation plan.
Peckham Materials Corporation, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Hudson Falls, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 200 acre crushed stone operation in New York. Permitting and planning activities include the development of reserves, assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
Peckham Materials Corporation, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Coy Road, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 100 acre crushed stone and sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting and planning activities include the development of reserves, assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
Lancaster Stone Products, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Farmersville, NY. H2H provided comprehensive mine planning, reclamation, permitting, and environmental assessment consulting services for the 500 acre sand and gravel operation in the Southern Tier of New York. The project involved the design of the mine as well as the evaluation of all the potential environmental impacts, noise, dust visual groundwater and surface water, traffic etc. associated with the project. H2H also designed and implemented all mitigation efforts associated with this multiphase mining and reclamation plan.
Tilcon New York, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Clinton Point Quarry, Poughkeepsie, NY. H2H provides reserve estimates, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 1,000 acre crushed stone operation in New York. Permitting and planning activities include the development of reserve estimates, the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
Tilcon New York, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Haverstraw Quarry, Haverstraw, NY. H2H provides reserve estimates, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 100 acre crushed stone operation in New York. Permitting and planning activities include the development of excavation sequences, the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
Tilcon New York, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Tomkins Cove Quarry, Tomkins Cove, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 100 acre crushed stone operation in New York. Permitting and planning activities include the development of excavation sequences, the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting
Allan Sand and Gravel, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Dutchess County, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 100 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
209 Sand and Gravel, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Ulster County, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 100 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and blasting.
Troy Sand and Gravel, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Rensselaer County, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 150 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Tilcon New York, Reclamation Planning, East Kingston Quarry, Kingston, NY. H2H Staff proposed a future golf course development project along the Hudson River as part of an abandoned mine in the Kingston area of New York.
Troy Sand and Gravel, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Bailey Farm, Saratoga County, NY. H2H provides, reserve estimates, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 50 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Constantine Construction, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Saratoga County, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Constantine Construction, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Albany County, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Rappleyea Landscaping and Construction, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Beech Ridge Road Mine #1, Prattsville, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Rappleyea Landscaping and Construction, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Beech Ridge Road Mine#2, Prattsville, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 5 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Red Wing Properties, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Billings, NY. H2H provided, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities included the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Woolley Sand and Gravel, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Schuylerville, NY. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Blue Point Acres, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Livingston, NY. H2H provided, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities included the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic
Mehlon Trucking, Comprehensive Mine Planning and Permitting, Napanoch, New York. H2H provides, mine permitting, mine planning and reclamation planning consulting services for this 25 acre sand and gravel operation in New York. Permitting activities include the assessment of environmental impacts such as noise, visual, storm water, ground water and traffic.
Tilcon New York Inc., Mine Planning, West Nyack, NY. Client manager for the preparation of comprehensive reserve analyses and mine plans for two operations that together produce more than 5 million tons of aggregate per year. The mine plans took into consideration the permitting requirements, as well as the limitations and the quality of the aggregate, within the proposed excavation areas. In addition to addressing the reserve volumes, the mine plans addressed the sequencing of mining, transportation of aggregate and dewatering concerns of the operations. Environmental concerns regarding visual impacts, blasting noise and dust were also addressed in the plans.
Dutchess Quarry and Supply Co., Inc., Hudson River Valley, NY. H2H staff manages the preparation of a multiple mine plans and permit applications for the establishment and operation of existing mines throughout the Hudson Valley, New York. Responsible for the development of the site mine plans, reclamation plans and dewatering plans, and evaluation of all the environmental impacts associated with the site’s mining activities.
Clearwater Excavating, Mine Planning and Permitting, Saugerties, NY. H2H staff managed and prepared the mine plan and initial permit application for the establishment and operation of a new mine in Ulster County, New York. Responsible for the development of the site mine plan, reclamation plan and dewatering plan, and evaluation of the hydrogeologic impacts of mining to the surrounding water table and to the wetlands. H2H was also responsible for completion of the wetland delineation and preparation of the submittal of a Special Use Permit application to the NYSDEC and town of Saugerties.
Physical Inventory in New York
Dutchess Quarry and Supply Co., Inc. – Pleasant Valley, NY as third party for WeiserMazars LLP (accounting firm) for year-end inventory, multiple sites in Hudson Valley.
Tilcon New York Inc. – West Nyack, NY Multiple sites throughout the Hudson Valley and Long Island, reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP (accounting firm) for mid-year and end of year inventory.
Callanan Industries, Inc. – Albany, NY. Multiple sites throughout eastern New York for mid-year and end of year inventory.
Dolomite Products, Rochester NY. . Multiple sites throughout eastern New York for mid-year and end of year inventory.
Specific Noise Studies in New York
Meddenbach and Eggers, Ulster County, NY. Noise Assessment for proposed mining operation.
Grande Sand and Gravel, Saratoga, NY. Noise Assessment for proposed mining operation.
Mining Hydrogeology and Impact Assessment in New York
Peckham Materials Co., Hudson Falls, NY. Project geologists/hydrogeologists responsible for the implementation of a groundwater investigation in relation to a proposed quarry deepening. The work consisted of drilling oversight and logging of bedrock borings, installation of bedrock piezometers, stream gauging, photolineament analysis, aquifer testing, and geologic mapping. Developed the report DEC that was approved to deepen the operation by several levels.
Dutchess Quarry and Supply Co., Inc., Hydrogeologic Investigation, Goshen, NY. Project geologists responsible for the implementation of a groundwater investigation in relation to a proposed quarry deepening. The work consisted of drilling oversight and logging of approximately 1,000 linear feet of bedrock borings, installation of bedrock piezometers, stream gauging, photolineament analysis, aquifer testing, and geologic mapping. Developed the report DEC that was approved to deepen the operation by several levels.
Dutchess Quarry and Supply Co., Inc., Hydrogeologic Investigation, Pleasant Valley, NY. Project geologists responsible for the implementation of a groundwater investigation in relation to a proposed quarry deepening. The work consisted of drilling oversight and logging of approximately 1,800 linear feet of bedrock borings, installation of bedrock piezometers, stream gauging, photolineament analysis, aquifer testing, and geologic mapping.
It’s Greener Now Inc., Hydrogeologic Investigation, Dix, NY. H2H staff is responsible for the installation and logging of nine test pits and three piezometers totaling approximately 500 linear feet for the permitting and mine planning of a 125 acre sand and gravel pit. Evaluated site in terms of groundwater, surface water, and aggregate quality.
Tilcon New York Inc., Hydrogeologic Investigation, NY. H2H staff were the lead project hydrogeologists to evaluate the deepening of a quarry that was located immediately adjacent to the Hudson River with a floor 200 feet below the Hudson River. A field investigation was developed and an analysis was performed to evaluate the potential to deepen the quarry by an additional 100 feet. The analysis included a series of drilling programs, pump tests and a water chemistry evaluation that determined the potential connection between the two entities. Since the study was performed that quarry has successfully developed the lower two lifts with no increased dewatering efforts.
Lancaster Stone Products, Hydrogeologic Investigation, Western NY. Project hydrogeologist who developed the hydrogeologic investigation of a 350-acre proposed sand and gravel mining operation in western New York. Selected boring locations, oversaw the logging, drilling, and sampling process and designed the monitoring wells to best evaluate the ground and surface water relationships within the Ischua Creek drainage basin. Described the hydrogeologic relationships of the watershed based upon grain size distributions, surface and groundwater temperatures, groundwater elevations, and the locations of other surface water features. A comprehensive three-dimensional framework of the study area revealed the sources and sinks of specific streams within the parcel and allowed for the development of the mine plan, which included the creation of a number of lakes, with minimal impacts to the watershed.
NYCO Minerals Inc., Drainage Basin Analysis and Groundwater Study, NY. Completed a drainage basin analysis and groundwater study to evaluate the impact mining will have on the surrounding watershed within the Adirondack Mountains. The 100-acre mining facility set in the eastern Adirondack Mountains was evaluated in terms of its groundwater, surface water, and wetland impacts. Conducted the field delineation of the wetlands as well as described the geological deposit and its surface water and groundwater characteristics.
