Comments closed July 8
Stop the Morgan Limestone Quarry
Bureau of Land Management · Federal Mineral Estate (DOI/BLM), State of Utah surface lands
- What
- Geneva Rock Products wants to expand an existing limestone quarry into a 104-acre parcel in Morgan County, Utah where the federal government owns the mineral rights beneath state land. The operation would run for up to 48 years, pulling about 700,000 tons of limestone annually for road construction and aggregate materials. It'll affect public mineral estate managed by the BLM's Salt Lake Field Office and the surrounding landscape near Morgan City.
- Where
- Federal Mineral Estate (DOI/BLM), State of Utah surface lands, Morgan County, Utah, UT
- How much
- We have no figure for this fight yet; the agency’s own words are under Case.
- Decided
- Comments closed July 8, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from BLM ePlanning project page ↗, read July 8, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur summary of the BLM NEPA Register DOI-BLM-UT-W010-2026-0012-EA ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the notice names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchNo verified figure is on the record for this fight.
- DecidedJuly 8, 2026, from BLM ePlanning project page, its public participation period ↗. Read July 8, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 11, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
PLAN's read: high threat
Geneva Rock Products wants to expand an existing limestone quarry into a 104-acre parcel in Morgan County, Utah where the federal government owns the mineral rights beneath state land. The operation would run for up to 48 years, pulling about 700,000 tons of limestone annually for road construction and aggregate materials. It'll affect public mineral estate managed by the BLM's Salt Lake Field Office and the surrounding landscape near Morgan City.
In the agency’s own words
Geneva Rock Products (Applicant) proposes to develop and operate a limestone quarry on a 104.33-acre parcel of State of Utah land where the United States retains the mineral estate. The project area is located in Morgan County, Utah, approximately one mile northeast of Morgan City. The proposed action would expand an existing limestone mining operation currently occurring on adjacent private lands by incorporating the federal mineral estate into the active quarry. The quarry would be operated for an estimated 48 years, or until the limestone resource can no longer be safely and economically extracted. Mining acti…
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
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