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Location: Purchase and Fuller Streets, Carver MA

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  • Various owned by Johnson Bros. Cranberries LLC

  • Volume:  365,000 cubic yards per Carver Earth Removal Permit granted March 2023

  • Permit: Yes Carver Earth Removal Committee

  • Area Impacted: 12 acres

  • Claimed Reason for Mining: “tailwater pond/water supply” per letter from G.A.F. Engineering 11/28/22 to ERC

  • Solar: Yes. Fuller Street Carver LLC,  plans to Carver Planning Board, Feb. 9, 2021 by Beals+Thomas Consultant; Site Plan Review and Special Permit 

  • Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer: Yes, mining in the aquifer

  • Wetlands and Waterways: Yes, Wetlands ANRAD

  • Archaeological Impacts: Unknown

  • Environmental Justice Population: None Found

  • Ecosystem: Unknown

  • Taxpayer Subsidies: None Found

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  • Owner:  Johnson Bros. Cranberry LLC; Ryco Excavating

  • Volume of Earth Removed: at least 525,000 according to permits

  • Permit: Yes

  • Area Impacted: 141 acres

  • Claimed Reason for Mining: Cranberry agriculture

  • Solar: Yes

  • Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer: Yes. Mining in the Aquifer, May 2023

  • Wetlands and Waterways: Mining in and through wetlands

  • Archaeological Impacts: Unknown

  • Environmental Justice Population: Unknown

  • Ecosystem: Unknown

  • Taxpayer Subsidies:

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  • Volume of Earth: Unknown

  • Permit: Yes 

  • Area Impacted: 36 acres

  • Claimed Reason for Mining: Cranberrry

  • Solar: Unknown

  • Plymouth Carver Sole Source Aquifer: Yes. Mining in the Aquifer

  • Wetlands and Waterways: Yes 

  • Archaeological Impacts: Unknown

  • Environmental Justice Population: Unknown

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