The Yukon government will not accept an application for a gravel quarry in the area known as the Stevens Quarry, located between the Alaska Highway and Takhini River, says a senior official.
The government issued a decision document on Dec. 29 indicating it accepted the recommendation from the Yukon Environment and Socio-economic Assessment Board that a quarry project be permitted to proceed in the area west of the Mayo Road intersection.
Susan Antpoehler of the government’s lands branch said Tuesday the assessment board process is independent of the government’s regulatory process.
Stevens Quarry, she explained, is under an administrative land reserve. As such, the government will not entertain any quarry applications for the area.