Protect Massachusetts Residents from Dangerous Sand Mining COMMENT DEADLINE JUNE 22
Protect Massachusetts residents from dangerous sand mining Send Your Letter A dangerous sand mining operation has been desecrating the environment and harming Massachusetts residents with emissions of dust and noise for years. Now, the company wants to expand. Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Rebecca Tepper is accepting public comments on the plan – but only until June 22. Our best chance to stop this expansion is to flood Secretary Tepper with public comments urging full environmental review and maximum measures to mitigate current impacts and avoid and minimize future harms. Please make sure to send your letter by June 22. This mine is in the Towns of Carver and Plympton. Demand a full environmental study of the cumulative impacts of the sand mining, business park, and housing development. Click to the next step and write a letter. Send Your Letter In 2018, the sand mining company SLT Construction and its sister company obtained a MEPA environmental r...