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for damage to their property due to blasting? What about damage to Little Turkey Creek Road due to <br /> rockslides or flying rocks? <br /> Exhibit D D-20 10. Purpose: "Access to all working areas and particularly those within the impact radius of each blast will be <br /> Blasting Plan strictly controlled". <br /> Question: In this context,what is meant by"impact radius"? Will the impact radius ever extend beyond the <br /> boundary of the quarry operations area? Specifically,will it ever extend to property within Eagles Nest or to <br /> an where on Little Turkey Creek Road? <br /> D-22 11. Types of Explosives Used. "Bulk Explosives... ANFO and Fuel oil... " <br /> Question: What type and quantity of chemical residue will collect within the Little Turkey Creek watershed <br /> from the chemicals used in blasting? <br /> D-23 12. Date and Times of Blasting: "... will schedule the blast for an appropriate date and time". <br /> Question: How far in advance will this schedule be known? <br /> D-23 13. Date and Times of Blasting: Blasting will occur between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM, not to <br /> exceed a maximum of 3 blasts per week. <br /> Questions: If the quarry needed to blast more than 3 times per week, is there a process for requesting <br /> additional blasting? Who would approve those additional blasts? <br /> D-24 14. Signage"Blast notification signs will be placed at each entrance to Hitch Rack Ranch Quarry to notify <br /> customers,as well as the neighbors who use corridors through the active mining area, of the blast schedule. <br /> This will require 5 signs in total. Each sign will state whether there is a blast scheduled for the day or not. <br /> If there is a blast scheduled,the sign will also display the time the blast is scheduled for. <br /> Questions: Where, exactly,will be signs be located on Little Turkey Creek Road? If the time of the blast is <br /> modified, will the signs be updated? When will the sign be posted? The day of the blast or before? How <br /> close to the actual scheduled time is the blast likely to occur? Is it likely to be delayed? How far in advance <br /> of that scheduled time will the road be blocked? <br /> D-24 15. Signage "These signs will also communicate the blasting audible signal guide including length of audible <br /> signal relating to the timeline before or after the blast. <br /> Question: Will there be different combinations of signals depending on factors related to the planned blast, <br /> or will the signals always be the same? <br /> D-24 16. Communication: "Specific notification of blasting may be given to the nearest neighbors in the event that a <br /> blast is planned outside of the normal daily blasting operations." <br /> Questions: What is considered to be"nearest neighbors"? Will that include all landowners within Eagles <br /> Nest? Will notification only be provided if blast is outside of normal daily blasting? Could the affected <br /> landowners request notification of EVERY planned blast? <br /> D-25 17. Blast Area Clearing and Firing Procedures "Blast guards will be posted at all entrances to the property". <br /> Questions: Does this include locations along Little Turkey Creek Road? If so, where exactly, will the blast <br /> guards bepositioned? Will BOTH branches of the road(within the Little Turkey Creek watershed and <br />