COPAR Must Obey the Law, Stay out of Charlestown
Reviewing the maps to see where illegal quarrying is taking place |
Rep. Donna
Walsh, Tim Quillen (CDTC Town Council candidate) and Frank Glista (CDTC
Planning Commission candidate) met with neighbors of the COPAR Quarry as well
as Rep. Brian Patrick Kennedy and Sen. Dennis Algiere to see what can be done
to stop environmental problems caused by the quarrying operation.
The COPAR
quarry sits on the Westerly side of the Westerly-Charlestown town line. The
owners and lessors of the quarry site have been repeatedly cited for violating
federal and state law, as well as town ordinances. The federal Mine Safety and
Health Administration has cited and fined the quarry for dozens of safety
violations in recent months.