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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. ....
The Yukon government is moving forward with its own plan to open up development of the Stevens Quarry site, says a senior official with the government’s land management branch. Susan Antpoehler said in an interview Tuesday the government expects to have plans back by the end of March from the consultant hired to look at the best way to go about making the known gravel resources available. It’s possible that access to quarry leases could be available later this year through a standard public process, she said. The manager of client services said it’s difficult to say how that might unfold but however it does, it will take community concerns fully into account. ....