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Deuel County board approves Rogge Excavating permit for gravel mining with strict aquifer safeguards
Summary
The Deuel County Board of Adjustment approved a conditional-use permit and a variance for Rogge Excavating to operate a gravel mine and rock-crushing operation, contingent on a Letter of Assurance, DENR permits, core samples, and restrictions that keep fueling, maintenance and crushing outside the Zone A wellhead protection area.
The Deuel County Board of Adjustment on Feb. 9 approved a conditional-use permit and a variance allowing Rogge Excavating Inc., on behalf of property owners Todd and Jody Jongeling, to operate an on-site gravel-mining and rock-crushing operation on land in Grange Township, subject to multiple environmental and operational conditions.
The permit and variance allow mineral exploration, extraction and the use of rock crushers on a parcel zoned A — Agricultural with mapped Aquifer Protection Overlay Districts. The variance permits operations within 1,000 feet of a nearby residence after the board noted a signed waiver from the affected landowner, Dennis Pedersen. The board explicitly excluded concrete batch plants and…
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