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Board approves Virginia Sand & Stone permits for surface mining on Spring Cottage Road
Summary
After a public hearing with no public opposition, the King and Queen County Board approved CUP21-04 and SP21-09 allowing Virginia Sand & Stone to operate a surface-mining operation on State Route 628, authorizing active mining on about 170 acres of the requested 272.05-acre conditional-use area.
The King and Queen County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 10 approved a conditional use permit (CUP21-04) and a Level 3 site plan (SP21-09) for Virginia Sand & Stone to operate a surface-mining facility on State Route 628 (Spring Cottage Road) in the Newtown Magisterial District. The applicant sought CUP authorization for 272.05 acres of a 528.06-acre parcel (County Tax Map Parcel No. 1632-78R-673) and proposed active mining on roughly 170 acres that lie outside regulated RPA and vegetated screening buffers.
Director of Community Development Ms. Sprouse reported that public notice ran in local newspapers and adjoining property owners were notified by certified mail; the Planning and Zoning Department received the application in October 2020 with payment later provided by Wilson Engineers LLC on behalf of Virginia Sand & Stone. Permitting and approvals referenced by staff include Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (stormwater and erosion controls), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetlands determination, a local Health Department septic and well permit for the scale-house site, and VDOT review of the entrance design (with a separate VDOT entrance permit required prior to construction).
Engineer Blair Wilson, representing the applicant, told the Board that a pond near a portable processing plant will be used for cleaning sand fines and that the applicant may sequence mining operations ("they may mine the Kay site first then go back to Fisher") but stated the company will not export material from both sites at the same time. Supervisor S. C. Alsop asked the applicant to avoid routing trucks through Route 625 (Poplar Hill) because she said the Rt. 625/Rt. 721 intersection has limited sight distance. After no public testimony, Supervisor J. M. Burns moved and Ms. Alsop seconded approval of CUP21-04 and SP21-09; the motion passed with four ayes and one absence.
The record shows the Planning Commission recommended approval at its Dec. 6, 2021 hearing with modifications to two conditions clarifying language related to state-of-emergency declarations. The Board did not attach additional conditions beyond those discussed on the record; required state and federal permits remain conditions precedent to commencement of operations.
