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<br />Intro: <br /> <br />Location: <br /> <br />Ownership: <br /> <br />Operator: <br /> <br />Description of <br />Operations: <br /> <br />Reclamation Plan <br />Norslien Quarry <br /> <br />Yahara Materials, Inc. has been operating the Norslien Quarry since May <br />of 1990. This site was a quarry opened to reconstruct STH 78. Currently, <br />the quarry is used as a commercial source of aggregate for the local area.. <br />The adjacent woods and agricultural lands support native wildlife such as <br />coyotes, white-tailed deer, raccoons, fox, opossums, skunks, various <br />birds and other wildlife commonly found in Southwestern Wisconsin. <br />The native plant life in the adjacent woods is typical of the woodland <br />areas of Southern Wisconsin. The surrounding agricultural fields are <br />annually rotated between soybeans, wheat, com, oats and alfalfa. <br /> <br />The permit area is described as the W ~ - SW 1/4, NE 1/4, Sec. 2 T7N R6E <br /> <br />Harold Norslien <br />4738 STH 78 <br />Black Earth, WI 53515 <br /> <br />YaharaMaterials, Inc. <br />P.O. Box 277 <br />Waunakee, WI 53597-0277 <br /> <br />This quany is currently used to produce limestone products for various <br />mlDlicipalities, WisDOT and private contracts. Quarrying operations <br />vary as market demands dictate. Typically drilling, blasting and crushing <br />OPerations occur three to five times per year. Loading and hauling occur <br />throughout the year as necessary to meet demand. This site has been <br />OPerating in a North-South direction since it was opened and that pattern <br />will continue until the resource is depleted and commencement of final <br />restoration. <br />