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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Land Reclamation Activities

Our approach to reclamation includes the protection of the thrive. Today, it’s helping the community in another way: as
environment while we are quarrying as well as its an 86-acre natural area featuring a 30- acre lake stocked
restoration after mining, both of which we typically plan with fish. The IMCC has recognized the project with its
before we open a new site. In so doing, we commit to National Mine Reclamation Award in the noncoal category.
activities that include minimizing impacts to neighboring
properties, wildlife and fauna, adjacent streams and water “We’re proud to receive this award,” said Regional Land
quality. We are generally required by state or local laws, or Manager Matt McCoy. “These types of projects are a great
pursuant to the terms of an applicable lease, to reclaim way for us to give back to the community, so we’re excited
quarry sites after use, which usually includes a requirement to do more as similar opportunities come up in the future.”
to post a reclamation bond to guarantee performance of
McCoy said work on the reclamation project began in the
that work. During the process of applying for permits, we
spring of 2014 and was aided by several wet summers that
include extensive information regarding our reclamation
filled the pit with relative quickness. While the company is
activities, and consider any concerns expressed by local
no stranger to reclamation efforts, McCoy said this
communities and other stakeholders.
particular project was a bit different in that Clinton County
We own or lease more than 250,000 acres of land and required a split-bench before grading could begin. This
have developed reclamation or restoration management step, which hasn’t been required at any other company
plans for approximately 90 percent of our operating location in the state, added time, effort and expense to the
quarry sites. Generally, we perform reclamation activities reclamation project. Since completing the grading and
on an ongoing basis as an integral part of the normal seeding, county and state officials have reached out to
quarrying process. McCoy to note that many species of birds, fish and
semiaquatic mammals like minks have been spotted on the
An important aspect of reclamation is returning the land to grounds.
beneficial use. Lands that are reclaimed are often improved
by a more diverse plant community and weed control. As Ohio District Vice President-General Manager Franz Peters
such, reclaimed lands often provide valuable wildlife habitat. said the project is further evidence that Martin Marietta is a
Other common land uses for our reclaimed quarries post- company that lives up to its commitments. “This is proof
mining include water storage and reservoirs, parks and other that our work doesn’t end when the mining ends,” he said.
recreational uses and sometimes commercial development. “Not only did we do what we promised we would do when
this site was first permitted, but we did it to the Martin
Marietta standard. That’s what is being recognized here.”

A reclaimed quarry in
Rocky Point, North Carolina

An Ohio District reclamation project that has successfully
transitioned an open-pit limestone quarry to a sprawling
open space has been recognized nationally by the Interstate
Mining Compact Commission (IMCC). The site — formerly Reclaimed areas at
the district’s Clinton Quarry — once provided the crushed the former Clinton County Quarry
stone needed for cities like Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, to

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