PERKASIE TWP., Pa. – Bucks County residents turned out in force to talk about the Rockhill Quarry in Perkasie Township.
Pennsylvania Representatives Steve Santarsiero, Craig Staats and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick hosted the town hall at Bucks Community College after asbestos was discovered last month at the quarry.
uarry operations must remove a minimum of 500 tons of stone per year to keep active their mining permits, which are issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
Since the 1980s, Allentown-based Hanson Aggregates has done just that at Rockhill Quarry. Some years it would take an afternoon’s work to clear the 500-ton hurdle, but at the end of the day, the quarry would be good to go for another year.
Yesterday, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jay Costa Jr. announced the new committee assignments for the 2019-2020 session.
All five of the newly elected Senators are going to chair a committee this session coupled with serving on multiple additional committees.
On Aug. 18, 2016, it only took about a half a day’s work for the Rockhill Quarry in East Rockhill to haul out 500 tons of stone, the bare minimum to maintain its active mining permit with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Twenty-four trucks were loaded with stone ranging from 20 to 23 tons, according to records the quarry provided to the DEP, totaling up to 529 tons, and driven to a scale at a Tinicum quarry about 30 minutes away.
State Senators-elect Maria Collett, D-12, and Steven Santarsiero, D-10, said their first 100 days in office will also focus on education, transparency and other state issues.
Democrats Maria Collett and former state House Rep. Steve Santarsiero are poised to tackle health care, the environment and other issues as they begin their new four-year terms in the state Senate.
Levittown-area state legislators were sworn in for their next term on New Year’s Day in Harrisburg.
State representatives Tina Davis a Democrat from Bristol Township; Frank Farry, a Republican from Langhorne; and John Galloway, a Democrat from Falls Township, took the oath of office for their next term.
HARRISBURG >> State Senator Steven J. Santarsiero (D-10, Bucks) was sworn in for his first term in the State Senate during a ceremony on Jan. 1 in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol in Harrisburg.
Sen. Santarsiero was joined by over 100 friends and family for his swearing-in ceremony. Pennsylvania Justice Kevin M. Dougherty administered the oath of office.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s legislature kicked off its two-year session Tuesday with celebratory receptions and swearing-in ceremonies, all devoid of the tension that could quickly settle over its dealings with the Wolf administration.
