Thursday, March 28, 2013
A public hearing is scheduled for Monday.
Some Peters Township Council members said they've received inquiries from residents about proposed deep coal mining in Nottingham Township. According to maps shown during Monday's council meeting, the operation would occur under part of Peters Township. The Peters homes above the proposed coal mining operation are located off Venetia Road, West of Bebout, according to township officials. Township Manager Michael Silvestri said he plans on attending the public hearing scheduled for 7:20 p.m. on Monday, April 1, in the Nottingham Township Municipal Building on 909 Sugar Run Road, Eighty Four. Silvestri wants to learn more information about the application and how it might affect Peters. The public is urged to attend the hearing, according to…
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The developer can appeal the decision.
The South Fayette Zoning Board unanimously denied a request from Aloe Brothers LLC to allow mineral extraction from the property of the former Mayview State Hospital. About 50 people attended Thursday night's public hearing. Residents from South Fayette, Upper St. Clair and Bridgeville spoke out against the proposed surface coal mining. One Bridgeville woman said she was in favor of what the developers needed to do to develop the property. Irving Firman, an attorney for Upper St. Clair, also attended the hearing. Firman asked Dennis Regan, who is Aloe’s project manager, if he'd consider tabling the application to discuss the plan with Upper St. Clair Township officials. Regan said no. Preston Shimer, president of USC Citizens for Land …
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The developer that bought the former Mayview State Hospital property is asking South Fayette Township officials to allow it to perform surface mining to remove coal.
The developer that bought the former Mayview State Hospital site three years ago is asking South Fayette Township officials to allow it do a “full-scale mining operation” on the property to remove coal. Aloe Brothers LLC, which in 2010 bought the former state hospital property in South Fayette, wants to conduct surface mining on the land to retrieve coal 40 feet beneath the ground. Dennis Regan, who is Aloe’s project manager, claimed that the coal removal is mainly to stabilize the ground to begin developing the property. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, there is a coal mine located beneath the property that was used to heat the hospital buildings, but it was abandoned in the 1960s. The newspaper also reported that the state …
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Deborah Miller-Gurchak
12:01 pm on Monday, April 1, 2013
Insurance is wonderful...but doesn't cover inconvenience or emotional stress. Years ago streets located off of Water Dam had serious issues...ask those families what they had to deal with! more ›