Article: Fayette zoning board sets another hearing for Amerikohl mine request

The Fayette County Zoning Hearing Board wants live witnesses, not written letters, at the next zoning hearing for Amerikohl Mining Inc. of Butler.

Amerikohl has applied for a special exception to mine 588 acres in Dunbar Township, near the Great Allegheny Passage on the way to Ohiopyle State Park. The mine would be about five miles from Cucumber Falls, a popular attraction.

The first of two zoning hearings for the special exception was held Wednesday. The land in question is zoned agricultural, and Amerikohl needs a special exception in order to remove coal.

Before the hearing could begin, Beverly Braverman with The Mountain Watershed Association in Melcroft, which opposes the special ...

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