In NYS you can remove a total of 1000 tons from any site without any permits. I owned an old bluestone quarry, sold wallstone from past mining operations. Plus, if no ones watching they have no possible way to estimate how much you take off site.
50 Triaxle dump trucks.
A Mined-Land Reclamation permit is required for all excavations and related activities defined as mining, from which
More than 1,000 tons or 750 cubic yards, whichever is less, of a mineral(s) is (are) removed, or proposed to be removed, from the earth during twelve successive calendar months. This is approximately equal to 40-50 tandem-axle (10-wheeler) dump truck loads. Or
More than 100 cubic yards or more of a mineral(s) is (are) removed in or adjacent to any body of water not subject to NYSDEC permitting authority for their disturbance, "unprotected waters", under Protection Waters legislation (Article 15 of the Environmental Conservation Law) or the Public Lands Law.
Mineral is defined as any naturally formed, usually inorganic, solid material located on or below the surface of the earth including but not limited to architectural stone, gem stones, limestone, granite, ore, bluestone, gravel and sand. Peat and topsoil are also considered to be minerals.
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