STOP The LIMEROCK MINE
Visible from Clay Landing Rd and Manatee Springs Rd (CR 320)
Bordering Manatee State Park outside of Chiefland, FL


IT IS CRUCIAL TO ATTEND THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WORKSHOP
TUES. FEB. 5, 2002 at 1:00 pm
at the Levy County Courthouse, Bronson
IF you can't attend write letters, see info below.

The Planning Commission has recommended that changes be made to PREVENT COMMERCIAL MINING within 2 miles of platted subdivisions of 5 acres or less.

These are areas in the county that would be prohibited to major mining operations by the new regulations:
1. Within 500 feet of an abandoned dump, landfill or effluent pond. If blasting is used there will be a radius of 1000 feet.
2. Within 1,000 feet of a public water supply wellhead of 100,000 gallons per day or greater.
3. Within a one mile radius of a public water supply well head if blasting is used as a method of extraction.
4. Within a three mile radius of the boundary of a designated State Resource, a County, State or Federal Park, a school or a hospital.
5. Within two miles of the boundary of a platted residential area of 5 acres or less.

Mining Interests will oppose these changes.


We MUST SUPPORT THESE CHANGES by being at this workshop. We have been attending these meetings and it often boils down to body counts.

Limerock Industries (White Construction) is STILL working to get their D.E.P. Permit for Manatee Pit at the state level. The Dept. of Environmental Protection has not permitted it yet, but will proably issue a permit since Florida's Laws on mines and where they should or shouldn't be are practically nonexistent.

More unsettling is informed speculation that Martin Marietta Aggregate, one of the largest mining corporations in the US is set to buy White Construction and will mine this site if it is permitted and more than likely elsewhere in Levy County.

Call and write letters to the County Commissioners telling them
you support the new zoning proposals:
Levy County Commissioners, 352-486-5218, Levy County Courthouse, PO Box 310, Bronson, Florida 32621. County Commissioners: Tony Parker, Don Foley, Sammy Yearty, Lilly Rooks, Danny Stevens

or FAX YOUR LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONERS AT 352-486-5167

Call, fax or write Governor Jeb Bush, The Capitol, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001, 850/488-4441, Fax: 850/487-0801, Email: <fl_governor@myflorida.com> Tell him that there is no good reason to put a limerock mine next to a Florida State Park or a residential neighborhood. Tell him that this is an election issue!!

PROTECT MANATEE SPRINGS
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES
YOUR RESPIRATORY HEALTH, YOUR WATER SUPPLY
PREVENT NOISE POLLUTION AND DAMAGE FROM BLASTING
PREVENT DRAMATIC INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC
PREVENT DROP IN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR LEVY COUNTY RESIDENTS
PLEASE SEND THIS EMAIL ON TO ANY LISTS OF PEOPLE CONCERNED WITH PRESERVING THE IRREPLACEABLE BEAUTY OF LEVY COUNTY.
If you can volunteer time or funds to help with this fight, call the Concerned Citizens of the Nature Coast at 352-490-8930 or email mlongakorn@aolcom or write us at POB 2572, Chiefland, FL. 32644.