Mining

Case Study

Noise Impact of Quarry on Surrounding Community

Southern Ready Mix Aggregates

Southern Ready Mix Aggregates in Opelika, Alabama, planned to make several changes in its equipment and operations. Before it could implement these changes, the quarry needed to determine the relative noise impacts on adjoining residences. To assess noise impacts from the quarry’s operations, RSG: visited the Opelika quarry six times over a one-year period taking…

Case Study

Gravel Pit Noise Impact Assessment

East Middlebury Community Group and J.P. Carrara & Sons

J.P. Carrara & Sons is an aggregate company located in Vermont and New York. They have operated a gravel pit in the Village of East Middlebury, Vermont for many years and were interested in expanding the existing pit into new areas of the land near the existing pit. Being a part of the community in…

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Ridge Road Quarry Noise & Traffic Studies

East Middlebury Community Group and J.P. Carrara & Sons

RSG was retained by Ridge Road Quarry, LLC to conduct noise and traffic impact studies for a proposed quarry next to Interstate 89 in Randolph, Vermont. As part of the noise study, RSG monitored background sound levels at the proposed site to quantify and characterize the existing soundscape of the area. Using our extensive noise…