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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

however, is the responsibility we have to care for our environment. We want to make sure that the land we leave behind
can be properly and safely enjoyed for generations to come.”

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“It’s not just the center of the park, it’s the center of the
community,” says Plant Manager Salomon Hernandez as
he ponders the impact of the Cossatot River. “This river is Plant manager Salomon Hernandez
visited by people from across the state. It’s used by every
member of our team. This is why it’s so important for us to
be good environmental stewards.”

Found on 5,000 acres of beautiful land about 140 miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas, Hatton Quarry plays a large role in
its rural community of just a few hundred people. Among the area’s largest employers, the site offers safe work to 30
men and women from across the region. That team, in turn, is more than willing to represent Martin Marietta and does
so frequently throughout the community.

In recent years, the Hatton team has gone above and beyond to support its neighbors, organizing toy drives for children
in foster care, working with the company’s local ready mixed concrete team to build a basketball court at the local
elementary school, sponsoring a half-marathon through Cossatot River State Park and funding an annual $1,500
industrial maintenance scholarship at the local community college.

Still, because the site and its people are so close to Mother Nature, many of the most important community efforts have
been made to ensure the site operates in a truly sustainable way.

Because Hatton discharges water into the Cossatot River daily, and because the river is home to a variety of fish and
endangered plant species and serves as a wintering ground for several American bald eagles, water testing at the
operation is nearly as much a priority as safety. Hernandez says the team regularly examines discharge from three
separate testing points and hasn’t received an environmental violation in more than 16 years.

“This team shows up for the environment,” says Foreman Denson Broach, who, this year, celebrates 24 years with Martin
Marietta. “We participate in an annual river cleanup. For many of us, if we’re not here at work, we’re out on that river, so
it’s our duty to care for that resource.”

But the team is active on more than just water. In recent years, Hernandez says, the group has worked with the Arkansas
Game and Fish Commission to transform 30 acres of the quarry’s forest land into a natural wildlife habitat. The multi-year
process called for controlled burns and the removal of a great many existing trees and grasses from the land. Nut-bearing
trees were spared and new, native grasses were planted. The goal, says Hernandez, was to create a habitat suited to
rabbits, deer, foxes and wild birds like quail and geese.

“This land is near the entrance to our site and in the spring, when the flowers bloom, it’s very pretty,” Hernandez says. “The
effort was so successful that we decided to meet with a biologist from Game and Fish to discuss a second phase of this project.
By the end of this year, we plan to begin work on an 8-acre section of land that we will turn into a habitat for water fowl.”

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