All drilling must be done by the wet drilling method or by any other
method of equivalent effectiveness for dust control.
All roads or traveled rights-of-way within the licensed premises must
be regularly treated with calcium chloride, or other dust-arresting agent,
as necessary to substantially reduce the excessive accumulation and dissemination
of dust beyond the property boundaries of the quarry.
A chain link fence with a minimum height of six feet shall be erected
around the perimeter of the operation, and all means of ingress and egress
shall be controlled by the substantial gates of similar height.
On each occasion when blasting is to be conducted, written or verbal
notice shall be conveyed to the office of the Borough Clerk at least two hours
prior to the proposed detonation unless prevailing provisions make it impossible,
but in no case less than 1/2 hour. Additionally, all residents within 500
feet of any property line of any land owned by the applicant and who request
the same in writing shall be notified verbally at least 1/2 hour prior to
the proposed detonation. All blasting shall be limited to the hours between
10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Such blasting shall conform to the requirements and
regulations of the State of New Jersey.
A. A copy of any written claims of damage due to blasting
shall be filed with the Borough Clerk within 10 days of receipt along with
the result of the inspection of those claims within 30 days of the date of
the claim.
B. The applicant or the state shall monitor each blast with
seismographic equipment, and records for the monitoring of each blast shall
be made available to the Borough Engineer.
C. The license holder shall cause any claim by any property
owner of damage as a result of blasting to be investigated within 48 hours
of the claim being made. If the property owner and the license holder agree,
the license holder shall either repair the damage or compensate the property
owner for the damage. If no agreement is reached, then the property owner
may pursue any claims it has against the license holder in accordance with
law.
Signs shall be maintained at all entrances or exits of the quarry premises
indicating the name and address of the licensee, along with the telephone
number(s) where the licensee can be contacted at any time of the business
day. Additionally, the Borough police shall be provided with a twenty-four-hour
number for use in the event of an emergency.
The license holder shall use the best accepted reasonable practices
and accepted, reasonable, available technology in the industry for the control
of fugitive dust emissions. With each quarry license application, it will
submit an update to its dust control plan showing the actions it is taking
to control dust from its operations.
Airborne discharges from the blacktop plant shall comply with the more
restrictive standard of either the Board of Health or the State of New Jersey.
Where a more restrictive regulation is not imposed by this chapter,
the standards established by the State of New Jersey shall apply.