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New York State's Mined Land Reclamation Law of 1975 committed the state to the balanced policy of assuring the orderly development of its mineral deposits while mitigating adverse environmental effects of the mining process. A new mining operation requires a permit from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), with the permit based on a mining plan and a reclamation plan. Because the state cannot contravene town land use laws, operating a new property usually requires action also by the town in which the mining is to occur. Thus situations arise in which the state issues a permit but the town does not. However, the state law has proved helpful in that the DEC has a professionally trained staff that understands the mineral industry, its environmental impacts, and their mitigation. The presence of the staff and the advice they give is that of a detached third party that can answer questions with professional objectivity. In the event that the town requests an environmental impact statement (EIS), the DEC helps by supplying a format for the EIS and evaluating it once completed. Although the state does not assure that needed deposits can be developed, the Mined Land Reclamation Law has made it possible that some deposits have been developed that otherwise may not have been. The DEC has ultimately approved more than 90 percent of the requests for mining permits. However, there are no statistics about the number of mining permits that ultimately have received local approval.

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• DETERIORATION OF BITUMINOUS PAVEMENT SURFACES BY GROWTH OF ALUM CRYSTALS
• MINERAL AGGREGATES. PREFACE
• POSITIVE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON THE AGGREGATE INDUSTRY
• PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THE MINE PERMITTING PROCESS
• STUDY OF AGGREGATES USED FOR CONCRETE IN KUWAIT
• SUMMARY OF TESTING OF RECYCLED CRUSHED CONCRETE
• TOWARD SUCCESSFUL PERMITTING OF MINERAL AGGREGATE OPERATIONS
• UTILITY DECISION ANALYSIS TO SELECT AGGREGATES FOR ASPHALT PAVEMENTS