DEMAND AIR QUALITY
ACCOUNTABILITY FROM
GRANITE ROCK QUARRY

Granite Rock Sand Quarry on Quail Hollow Road mines fine crystalline silica sand. The American Lung Association warns this dust causes cancer, silicosis, and chronic lung disease. Their employees get protective breathing equipment as required by state and federal law — the neighbors breathing the same air get nothing.

The quarry performs an air quality test once a year during the wet season — February or March — and measures air flowing south to north. But neighbors report dust traveling east to west, especially during dry summer months when exposure is worst. The quarry has never been required to test where the dust actually reaches homes.

County Supervisor Monica Martinez has met with Granite Rock but is unable to require the quarry to test air quality in our neighborhood. Now Granite Rock is planning to remove the northwest ridge face — the last natural barrier shielding our homes from quarry dust.