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Knife River mining expansion prompts neighbor concerns; Planning Commission schedules site inspection
Summary
Knife River asked to expand the Holthaus pit and convert a CUP to an Interim Use Permit; neighbors raised dust, setback and orchard-impact concerns and Knife River described phased mining, screening berms and a voluntary 200-foot undisturbed buffer. The Commission scheduled a site inspection and continued the item to March 5.
Knife River sought an Interim Use Permit and expansion of operations at the Holthaus pit on Feb. 12, prompting multiple neighbors to raise questions about setbacks, dust, access and potential orchard impacts. Planning staff said the 2025 Environmental Assessment Worksheet evaluates a possible expansion onto roughly 111 acres with about 50 acres of potential active mining.
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