Environmentalists opposed to plans to construct a rock quarry in western Palm Beach County now have a federal agency expressing some of their same concerns.
We have been pushing for answers on the mine’s impact when the plan was announced.
Army Corps voices ‘concerns’ about proposed rock mine
Now, Col. Brandon Bowman with the Army Corps of Engineers wrote to U.S. Rep. Brian Mast to voice his concerns about the proposed project, but stopped short of opposing the mine.
The proposed rock mine doesn’t sit far from the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) reservoir, a $4 billion public works project that is under construction…