Virginia grain company to file DEP permit request May 20th, to mine granite from Heagan Mountain, crush it and barge it south

This just in: Salmons Inc, of Virginia Beach VA  a 30 employee rapeseed and grain "farming company" (now with mining and dredging subsidiaries ) had its local hired guns Haley Ward  announce that on May 20th, the company would file applications for DEP permits to mine & grind Heagan Mountain in Prospect into grit, then load the mountain into barges  and send it south - after dredging up some of the most mercury-rich sediments in the United States and putting it ....somewhere

Read it and weep:. 

NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE AND  NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL MEETING

Please take notice that Salmons Incorporated, P.O Box 57008, Virginia Beach, VA 23457, 757-409-0246 is intending to file a Permit Application with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection pursuant to the Site Location of Development Act permit application under the provisions of 38 M.R.S.A. 481 thru 490, as well as a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application pursuant to provisions of 38 M.R.S.A 480-A thru 480-BB on or about May 20, 2022. 

The application is for the permitting of an approximately 50-acre mineral processing facility and associated pier, located off the Bowden Point Road in Prospect, Maine. 

For Federally licensed, permitted, or funded activities in the Coastal Zone, review of this application shall also constitute the State's consistency review in accordance with the Maine Coastal Program pursuant to Section 307 of the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1456.

A request for a public hearing or a request that the Board of Environmental Protection assume jurisdiction over this application must be received by the Department in writing, no later than 20 days after the application is found by the Department to be complete and is accepted for processing. A public hearing may or may not be held at the discretion of the Commissioner or Board of Environmental Protection. Public comment on the application will be accepted throughout the processing of the application.

Applications will be filed for public inspection at the Department of Environmental Protection's office in Bangor during normal working hours. A copy of the application may also be seen at the municipal offices in Prospect, Maine.

Written public comments on the Applications may be sent to Jessica Damon of DEP's   Bangor:   Dessica Damon MDEP, Eastern Maine Regional Office, 106 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401.