Pit & Quarry, November 2018

PITANDQUARRY COM An Inside Look THE IN MARKET QUARRY ypocrisy Behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel My mind drifted toward this notion as a conversation with Memphis Stone Gravel Co s Alan Parks shifted to the Not in My Backyard NIMBY groups that aggregate producers sometimes find H themselves combating Parks took me on a tour earlier this year of Memphis Stone Gravel sites offering visits to the companys DeSoto Plant in Southaven Mississippi as well as two former mine properties that are successfully being reclaimed Fortunately for Memphis Stone Gravel the road to get the DeSoto Plant permitted was not as rocky as it was for some other company sites The DeSoto Plant was fully permitted in about a year But as Parks reminded me producers can be forced to jump through hoops for a decade or longer to get a site up and running And in some cases its the minority voice that delays or ultimately prevails in keeping producers out of the community Its not fair that you make a small group happy at the expense of everybody else says Parks Memphis Stone Gravel vice president NIMBY groups dont make let alone care about a few key considerations that should be made in the process Surely these people want nice roads Well these roads must be paid for But these groups are hell bent on not having a local source So their communities are going to pay a premium to have materials transported into the market NIMBY groups may not care about these factors but local planning boards looking to keep costs down ought to These people can be persuaded Besides wanting nice roads without sourcing material locally is somewhat hypocritical Its wishful thinking that youll get it somewhere else Parks says But that cost may go up 50 to 100 percent Producers try to convey these costs to decision makers but it only takes a few objectors to derail a project Still producers should Kevin Yanik EDITOR IN CHIEF Some planning boards are realizing the effects of sourcing materials out of market utilize their stakeholders in the permitting process to raise their collective voice Producers must do a better job of explaining how not having that local operation will detrimentally affect the community There are good sound arguments to be made arguments like jobs boosted economies and the carbon footprint We have to get the people affected by the operation more engaged says Parks who discusses successful permitting strategies on page 60 Thats those who work there the truck drivers the contractors who depend on that location Some planning boards are already realizing the effects of sourcing materials out of market These experiences are starting to sway some decision makers Theyre starting to experience some pain because of the shortages of aggregate Parks says Theyre having to import it from farther away and its increasing their costs P Q North Coast Media LLC 1360 E Ninth St Suite 1070 Cleveland OH 44114 Phone 216 706 3700 Fax 216 706 3711 EDITOR IN CHIEF Kevin Yanik 216 706 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