PUBLIC NOTICE BLAST RENEWAL Laurel Sand & Stone, Inc., 210 E. Main Street, P.O. Box 556, Ligonier, PA 15658, proposes to conduct overburden blasting in compliance with all applicable State and Federal laws. The blasting will occur on the McFadden Quarry, SMP No. 11040301, Jackson Township, Cambria County. The blasting area is situated near Chickaree, on the northeast side of SR-3045, one mile north of the intersection of SR-3045 and US-22, on the Pennsylvania Game Commission property. BLASTING SCHEDULE Blasting will occur between the hours of 8:00 am and 12:00 pm, 12:30 pm and 4:30 pm, and 5:00 pm and 9:00 pm or dusk, weather permitting, every day except Sunday, commencing on or after December 14, 2014. This is the annual redistribution of the blast schedule. Ten minutes prior to each scheduled blast, all access to the specific area will be controlled and safeguarded from unauthorized entry. Two (2) minutes prior to blasting, an airhorn warning signal, audible to 1,000 feet from the blast site will be given. This pre-blast warning shall consist of three (3) signals of five (5) seconds duration, with five (5) seconds between each signal. One (1) signal of ten (10) seconds duration shall be the ÒAll ClearÓ indication. The following conditions may require unscheduled blasting: adverse atmospheric conditions, public or operator safety, equipment failure, illness and/or injury of the blaster, and blocked drill holes or water filled holes.
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