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Brookfield planning board issues temporary permit for Moose Mountain gravel pit, asks for reclamation plan
Summary
The Brookfield Planning Board voted April 30 to issue a temporary excavation permit for Moose Mountain Gravel Pit (application by Dana Warren of TW Excavating), while asking the applicant to deliver a full reclamation plan and supporting documents before the board’s May 11 meeting; a written decision is due by May 20, per law.
The Brookfield Planning Board voted April 30 to issue a temporary excavation permit for Moose Mountain Gravel Pit at 139 Moose Mountain Road, allowing the operator to continue limited operations while the town and applicant complete paperwork and a reclamation plan.
"I am Marshall Goldberg. I'm the vice chair, substituting for Ed Ingalls," Goldberg said as he opened the public hearing at 6 p.m. and read the notice for an application filed by Dana Warren of TW Excavating and Development Corporation and Moose Mountain Gravel Pit under RSA 155-E.
The hearing focused on several recurring concerns from abutters and board members: whether heavy truck traffic would damage town roads or a nearby bridge, whether the property’s "current use" tax status limits excavation activity, and the existence and content of a reclamation plan for the site.
A board member asked whether the application’s stated excavated amount — 10,000 cubic yards — and…
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