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Article: Ligonier Township homeowners mixed on 2 mine reclamation projects
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- October 8, 2008
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Ligonier Township supervisors heard mixed views Tuesday from
about a dozen homeowners concerning two proposed abandoned mine
reclamation projects on two properties.
Ligonier-based Coal Loaders Inc. is seeking conditional use
permits from the township to extract remaining coal from two sites
and reclaim much of the land at both sites to their pre-mined state
as part of a government-financed construction program.
The first proposal involves a 40-acre plot owned by Seward
Prosser Mellon known as Mellon Tract #2 along Myers School Road that
would allow for completion of what would be the second of a three-
phase mining and reclamation project. The company eventually plans
to mine and reclaim a ...