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Lehigh Cement files suit against county planning director Written by Bruce Barton
Operators of the long-running cement plant and quarry in the foothills south of Los Altos filed a lawsuit last week against the Santa Clara County director of planning and development, over delays in processing a proposal some see as bringing significant environmental impacts to the area.
Lehigh Southwest Cement Co. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc. Feb. 22 filed a petition for writ of mandate and a complaint for declaratory relief in county Superior Court after having “exhausted available administrative remedies” in efforts to forward a reclamation plan amendment, according to the filing. The amendment, altering a 2012 plan, would, among its proposals, open a second pit for mining, allow import of aggregate material and impact a viewshed that has been off-limits since the early 1970s.