July 16, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 37 However, I believe the witness did not say he was a land use lawyer or an expert to what is within and not within the purview of a Planning Board. And my objection rests solely to the comment made by the witness that the planning -- this is something a Planning Board must consider in connection with an approval. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Fair enough. We will review all the information with our legal advisors and our experts and I understand what you're objection is and I understand your comment. Go right ahead. A. I'm sorry and let me clarify. Counsel is correct, it is regard specifically to the state rules regarding safety of blasting. What I was stating was that's separate and apart from reviewing an application following the engineering requirements for the immediate and long term stability of such an operation. So if you're blasting, is it designed in a way and control, is there a control or a operational plan that's going to be clearly overseen. I can tell you from my experience going from blaster to blaster it depends on the company, on their approach. For example, there's a bridge we did down in, down in Hunterdon County in West Amwell, there was a bridge crossing and they were supposed to blast -- well, the contractor was supposed to blast to get down