CLEBURNE COUNTY
CALHOUN COUNTY

Pillar Materials, LLC, 2255 Hwy 78 East, Oxford, AL 36203, has applied for air and water permits for a proposed limestone quarry, known as 431 Quarry, to be located on Hwy 431 South, Heflin, AL 36264.

Directions for the site entrance: From I-20 near Oxford:
Take exit 191 at US Hwy 431. Head south on Hwy 431 for ~ 0.5 mi to a gated drive on the right.
Location Coordinates: 33.61030⁰ LAT, -85.72307⁰ LONG

Pillar Materials, LLC, has applied for the issuance of Air Permits, Air Permit Numbers 305-0008-X001 and X002 that would authorize the construction and operation of limestone crushing, screening, and conveying circuits. Emissions would be minimized by wet suppression. The Department has determined that the equipment/operations proposed by the company should be able to meet State and federal air pollution control requirements.

Pillar Materials, LLC, has also applied for issuance of a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, NPDES Permit Number AL0084482, that limit discharges from a crushed stone quarry, wet preparation, transportation and storage, and associated areas discharging to Choccolocco Creek and Jackson Creek, classified as Public Water Supply and Fish and Wildlife, in the Coosa River Basin.

The following are links to the proposed permits and the Department’s permitting determinations and analyses:

Proposed Air Permit
Proposed Water Permit

The Department has granted an extension to the comment period until December 22, 2023, to accept additional written comments. Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing, to the Department's named contact(s) below within 30 days following the publication date of this notice. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is applicable to the proposed application(s). All comments must be received in the ADEM Main Office in Montgomery no later than 5:00 P.M. on the last day of the comment period.