Sand And Gravel

Samuel C. Chase Jr., an official in the sand and gravel industry and an antiques collector, died Sunday of cancer at his Pasadena home. He was 52.Mr. Chase had worked more than 20 years in the sand and gravel industry.At his death, he was plant superintendent at Lafarge Corp.'s quarrying operations in Chase, owned and operated by Redland Genstar until last year.A casual dresser who favored striped oxford shirts and blue jeans, he started his career in 1966 as a heavy-equipment operator for the former J. E. Owens Co., a landscape developer.

The state Department of the Environment has scheduled an informational meeting at 6: 30 p.m. today on a request for a permit for a sand and gravel mine on 46 acres between Patuxent and Conway roads in Odenton.The meeting will be in the lobby conference room of Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis.Representatives of National Waste Managers Inc., the company applying for the permit, will explain their proposal. Public comment will be invited.Information: 974-3874.Pub Date: 6/03/96

A Brooklyn Park sand and gravel company can start mining nine acres of its land between Hammonds Lane and Belle Grove Road, thanks to a county board of appeals decision yesterday.The board ruled that the parcel was erroneously zoned for single-family residential use, which does not permit sand and gravel operations. The panel held that the land should have been zoned residential-agricultural, which allows sand and gravel operations, and granted the exceptions that allow Belle Grove Corp. to begin mining the land.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals revoked a Davidsonville company's permit to mine sand and gravel yesterday after an attorney for the firm said his client no longer wanted it."Sand and gravel is not a commodity people are buying right now," said Mike Roblyer, who represents Queen Anne Sand & Gravel Inc., which is owned by James E. Cunningham.If the market improves, Mr. Roblyer said the company could apply for another permit in 18 months. County law requires that applicants denied a zoning permit, or "special exception," wait at least that long before reapplying.

Rubble landfill wins ruling from county appeals boardThe owner of a sand and gravel operation near Crofton can operate a rubble landfill on the 184-acre site, the county Board of Appeals has ruled.But the board attached several conditions, including a requirement that the owners of Cunningham Sand and Gravel erect a 30-foot high fence around the property, which is near Routes 3 and 424.The board also is requiring that the company build a berm to protect residents in the nearby Four Seasons development.

Sand-gravel operator appeals restrictions on expansionThe owner of a sand and gravel operation near Crofton is appealing a county decision that restricts expansion on the 184-acre site.The Board of Appeals has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the County Council chambers at the Arundel Center in Annapolis.The owners of Cunningham Sand and Gravel, located near the intersection of routes 3 and 424, already have received conditional approval to expand the existing operation on the site.

Dissatisfied with the way state environmental inspectors regulated rubble landfills, the County Council passed a tough temporary law two years ago authorizing daily county inspections.That ordinance expires this month, and a recent court decision will force the county toabandon any hope of making daily rubble landfill inspections permanent, said Councilwoman Virginia P. Clagett, the West River Democrat who has led the crackdown on rubble and sand and gravel operations.In a recent decision involving a Harford County facility, the courts ruled that only the state has power to permit and inspect rubble landfills, Clagett said.

A Davidsonville gravel mine will remain open, even though county officials say the owner violated Anne Arundel zoning laws.An administrative hearing officer earlier this month granted James E. Cunningham a special exception to continue operating a 44-acre sand and gravel mine on Patuxent River Road, about a quarter mile southwest of Queen Anne Bridge Road.BTC The county Board of Appeals first approved mining on the agriculturally zoned property four years ago. But the board restricted the operation, requiring a fence and other buffers between the mine and four nearby homes.

Appeals board to hear sand-gravel firm challengesThe Board of Appeals today will attempt to sort out a number of challenges and appeals of a November ruling by a county hearing officer on the expansion of a sand and gravel operation near Crofton.The owner of the 184-acre site, Cunningham Sand and Gravel, won the right to set up a rubble landfill, but was denied permission for a sand and gravel operation. The company, near routes 3 at 424, has asked the appeals board to remove the restriction.

David Dauses, a sand and gravel company sales manager who volunteered for years as a coach and umpire in youth basketball and baseball in Baltimore and Annapolis, died Jan. 23 when his car was struck from behind by a truck in the Harbor Tunnel. He was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident.Services for Mr. Dauses, who was 36, were held Jan. 27 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Towson.Mr. Dauses was born and lived in Parkville until he moved to Annapolis in 1987.Mr. Dauses is survived by his wife, Deborah Dauses of Annapolis; three children, Ginny, David Jr. and Bradley, all of Annapolis; his parents, George and Margaret Dauses, of Solomons Island; and many nieces and nephews.

A Delaware company wants to mine sand and gravel on a parcel of farmland and forest along Marshyhope Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore - a proposal that is raising alarm among conservationists who fear the operation will destroy rare wetlands, harm endangered species and ruin bird habitat. The Horsey Family LLC is asking Dorchester County this week for a zoning exception so it can excavate soil, sand and gravel from the property and create an "open-water lake." Workers would then float a hydraulic dredge into the lake and extract the remaining mineral resources, according to an application filed with the county last month.

Samuel Streett Bevard Jr., a retired partner in a Prince George's County sand and gravel company, died of congestive heart failure Saturday at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park. He was 73 and lived in Dunkirk. Mr. Bevard was born in Baltimore and spent his early years growing up on Clifton Avenue. In 1941, he moved with his family to Camp Springs and graduated in 1946 from Surrattsville High School. He attended the University of Maryland before enlisting in the Navy in 1951, serving for years as an aviation mechanic,.

Raising concerns among neighbors who say it wasn't what they had in mind for western Anne Arundel County, a sand and gravel company has applied to state officials to build an asphalt manufacturing plant in Annapolis Junction. Laurel Sand and Gravel, which owns the property off Brock Bridge Road near Route 32 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, wants to open a 400-ton-per-hour asphalt plant to complement its asphalt manufacturing operations at a plant in Prince George's County. The plant would produce blacktop for roads and rooftops.

Samuel C. Chase Jr., an official in the sand and gravel industry and an antiques collector, died Sunday of cancer at his Pasadena home. He was 52.Mr. Chase had worked more than 20 years in the sand and gravel industry.At his death, he was plant superintendent at Lafarge Corp.'s quarrying operations in Chase, owned and operated by Redland Genstar until last year.A casual dresser who favored striped oxford shirts and blue jeans, he started his career in 1966 as a heavy-equipment operator for the former J. E. Owens Co., a landscape developer.

The state Department of the Environment has scheduled an informational meeting at 6: 30 p.m. today on a request for a permit for a sand and gravel mine on 46 acres between Patuxent and Conway roads in Odenton.The meeting will be in the lobby conference room of Tawes State Office Building, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis.Representatives of National Waste Managers Inc., the company applying for the permit, will explain their proposal. Public comment will be invited.Information: 974-3874.Pub Date: 6/03/96

A Brooklyn Park sand and gravel company can start mining nine acres of its land between Hammonds Lane and Belle Grove Road, thanks to a county board of appeals decision yesterday.The board ruled that the parcel was erroneously zoned for single-family residential use, which does not permit sand and gravel operations. The panel held that the land should have been zoned residential-agricultural, which allows sand and gravel operations, and granted the exceptions that allow Belle Grove Corp. to begin mining the land.

Rubble landfill wins ruling from county appeals boardThe owner of a sand and gravel operation near Crofton can operate a rubble landfill on the 184-acre site, the county Board of Appeals has ruled.But the board attached several conditions, including a requirement that the owners of Cunningham Sand and Gravel erect a 30-foot high fence around the property, which is near Routes 3 and 424.The board also is requiring that the company build a berm to protect residents in the nearby Four Seasons development.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals revoked a Davidsonville company's permit to mine sand and gravel yesterday after an attorney for the firm said his client no longer wanted it."Sand and gravel is not a commodity people are buying right now," said Mike Roblyer, who represents Queen Anne Sand & Gravel Inc., which is owned by James E. Cunningham.If the market improves, Mr. Roblyer said the company could apply for another permit in 18 months. County law requires that applicants denied a zoning permit, or "special exception," wait at least that long before reapplying.

Appeals board to hear sand-gravel firm challengesThe Board of Appeals today will attempt to sort out a number of challenges and appeals of a November ruling by a county hearing officer on the expansion of a sand and gravel operation near Crofton.The owner of the 184-acre site, Cunningham Sand and Gravel, won the right to set up a rubble landfill, but was denied permission for a sand and gravel operation. The company, near routes 3 at 424, has asked the appeals board to remove the restriction.

Sand-gravel operator appeals restrictions on expansionThe owner of a sand and gravel operation near Crofton is appealing a county decision that restricts expansion on the 184-acre site.The Board of Appeals has scheduled a public hearing for Wednesday, Dec. 9, in the County Council chambers at the Arundel Center in Annapolis.The owners of Cunningham Sand and Gravel, located near the intersection of routes 3 and 424, already have received conditional approval to expand the existing operation on the site.