In response to a request for revisions by Highway Materials to its Perkiomenville Quarry mining permit and subsequent concerns expressed by Marlborough Township, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and a public hearing Monday  in the Marlborough Township meeting room, located at 6040 Upper Ridge Road.

            Highway Materials, Inc. – now owned by Heidelberg Materials, headquartered in Germany – wants to expand its surface mining permit by 1.3 acres and add mine reclamation fill as an option to its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit at the quarry.

            Once the request became public, township officials and residents wrote the DEP to object to the request. Their concerns mainly centered on reclamation and the use of the land after mining is completed; the interpretation of zoning laws; stormwater runoff; and the inconveniences caused to nearby residents of the quarry because of noise, blasting and truck traffic.

           In a letter to the DEP dated March 5, Skelly and Loy, Inc., an engineering firm working for Heidelberg Materials, responded to Marlborough's concerns. The firm cited the ...