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Tres Alamos residents tell Cochise County supervisors the Sierra Mining site is operating without permits and ask for biomass removal
Summary
Members of the Tres Alamos Community Alliance told the Cochise County Board of Supervisors on March 11 that operations at 2150 North Ocotillo Road include an unpermitted biomass pile and earth-moving they say has altered drainage; they asked county staff to confirm permitting status, remove the pile and enforce applicable rules.
Members of the Tres Alamos Community Alliance told the Cochise County Board of Supervisors at a March 11 work session that activity at 2150 North Ocotillo Road — identified in their materials as a Sierra Mining and Crushing site — includes a large “biomass” pile and recent earth-moving that residents say was done without required county permits.
Mr. Walker, a member of the Tres Alamos Community Alliance, asked supervisors to confirm as fact that the property owner “does not hold any kind of use permit or business license” enabling industrial operations at the site and to require removal of the large pile of green/wood waste. "We are not seeking money. There is nothing in any of the requests that we've made that calls for the county to spend $1," Walker said.
Randy Durham, speaking by video, presented drone and ground photographs of grading, berms and ravines…
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