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Residents oppose proposed gravel quarry on Chattahoochee River BY SARAH FAY CAMPBELL
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gravel quarry is being proposed for 360 acres along the Chattahoochee River in Whitesburg, across the river from Coweta and Fulton counties. The land for the quarry is zoned agricultural, and because of the way Carroll County’s zoning ordinances are written, it won’t have to be rezoned for a quarry to be built. Under Carroll’s ordinances, “mineral removal” is allowed in the agricultural zoning. In Coweta County, mining and quarrying is only allowed on properties zoned Industrial. The quarry is proposed for property on Black Dirt Road, and while a portion of the property touches the river, the quarry itself won’t be located quite that close, according to
the Development of Regional Impact study. Residents in the area are organizing in opposition to the quarry being located in their quiet, agricultural and residential area, and signs are popping up along Highway 5, Black Dirt Road and neighboring roads. A Facebook page, Citizens Opposed to Carroll County Rock Quarry, has been created, and a petition against the quarry is being circulated. The opposition organization also has an email address, carrollcountystrong@gmail.com , and a phone number, 770-402-1896. In addition to the noise and vibration from blasting, residents are concerned about the production of silica dust, a known carcinogen, said Alauria “Jenny” Corbin, who lives about two miles from the quarry and has family members who live much
Jenny and Mickey Corbin and Tonya Spinks of Carroll County are among those organizing against a proposed quarry along the Chattahoochee River.
closer. Some who live very close to the quarry have COPD or are organ transplant recipients, she said. There are also concerns about the impact on well water, the river, and threatened and endangered species, she said. Corbin said that when she went to college in Kennesaw, there
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was a quarry about five miles away. “It map produced by Corbin. would rattle our windows,” she said. Public comment period “There were big, loud booms from extended time to time.” Many areas of Coweta The public comment period on County are within the five mile radithe DRI review has been extended us, including Lake Redwine, Sewell Mill Road, a large portion of Roscoe Road, and Dyer Road, according to a QUARRY . 2
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