While the central Wasatch has a storied mining legacy, county leaders, joined by officials from Salt Lake City and Millcreek, said mineral extraction is no longer compatible with the needs of residents, who rely on these mountains for water and recreation.
Tree Farm LLC claims a “vested mining use” to all its land in Parleys Canyon stemming from the existing Harper quarry.
While the central Wasatch has a rich and storied mining legacy, county leaders, joined by officials from Salt Lake City and Millcreek, said mineral extraction is no longer compatible with the needs of residents, who rely on these mountains for water, scenery and recreation. In 2019, as conflicts over gravel pit expansions were flaring up and down the Wasatch Front, the Utah Legislature stepped in with
The company alleges this law forbids Salt Lake County from even initiating proceedings to consider ordinances that could restrict the production of sand, gravel, stone and other aggregates used in construction.in the Foothills and Canyons Overlay Zone, or FCOZ, covering much of the country’s share of the Wasatch Mountains in April. The zone spans 136,000 acres, or about a quarter of the county’s total land.
In 2020, Tree Farm acquired the proposed mine site and several parcels, totaling at least 1,000 acres, from Sachs. Key exhibits it filed with the suit memorialize Sachs’ claim that he held a “vested mining use” on all this land, even parcels that had not been mined. Beginning in the mid-1990s, Sachs operated that large quarry, which is conspicuously apparent on the north side of Interstate 80, as a joint venture with Rulon Harper. It remains highly productive to this day and gives a preview of the impacts arising from the proposed mine, which would be sited a mile up the canyon on the south side of the freeway.
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