• A Shift To Sand: Spotlight On Silica Use In Fracking

    August 2, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT. Law360, New York (August 2, 2012, 1:47 PM EDT) The past dozen years have borne witness to astonishing growth in the frac sand industry.

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  • Correction: Court to hear challenge to Winona County's ...

     · Winona County, Minnesota's only county to ban the mining of silica sand for use by the oil and gas industry in hydraulic fracturing, goes to court Thursday to defend the ban.

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  • Minnesota Sands asks Supreme Court to review Winona ...

     · Public outcry was loud enough in 2016 for the Winona County commissioners to enact a ban on frac sand mining, the first of its kind in the state, that Minnesota Sands has challenged in .

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  • Huge Victory: Winona County, Minnesota Bans Frac Sand Mining

     · The Winona County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 22 voted 32 to ban the mining, processing or transloading of frac sand in the county, which is loed in the environmentally delie and beautiful Mississippi River bluff lands of southeast Minnesota. Frac sand being transported by barge in the Upper Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin.

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  • Court hears arguments on Winona County frac sand mine ...

    Opponents of the first permitted frac sand mine in Winona County since the industry's explosion told a threejudge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Thursday that the county

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  • Winona County Board moves closer to a frac sand mining ban ...

     · Winona County commissioners on Tuesday ordered the county attorney to finalize language that would make it the first county in Minnesota to ban the highly contentious industry of frac sand mining.

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  • Court to hear challenge to Winona County's sand mining ban

    Winona County, Minnesota's first and only county to ban the mining of silica sand for use by the oil and gas industry in hydraulic fracturing, is headed to court to defend it.

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  • Winona County ban on frac sand mining challenged at Court ...

     · Attorneys for Winona County and a sand mining company clashed in court Thursday over the legality of Minnesota's first countywide ban on frac sand mining.

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  • In Winona, 'Mount Frac' blows ill for some | MPR News

     · In Winona, 'Mount Frac' blows ill for some. February 26, 2012 5:30 Stockpiles of silica sand are piled at Modern Transport Rail loading terminal in Winona, Minn on Feb. 13, 2012. The ...

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  • Regardless of Ruling, Winona County Frac Sand Ban is Bad ...

     · Regardless of Ruling, Winona County Frac Sand Ban is Bad Public Policy. In 2016, Winona County became the first and only county in Minnesota to ban frac sand mining, which prohibits the mining of silica sand used for hydraulic fracturing by the oil and gas industry.

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  • Minn. Supreme Court upholds Winona County ban on frac sand ...

     · In a longawaited decision with the potential to shape the sand mine industry statewide, the Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday let stand a Winona County ban on industrial silica sand mining.

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  • linked in frac sand mine in winona county minnesota for sale

    fracking sand process germany. Apr 29, 2017 It prohibits the mining, processing or transloading of frac sand in Winona County. Minnesota Sands, LLC, a proppant provider, filed a lawsuit this week to challenge Winona County''s ban on the mining of sand for use in the energy industry.

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  • Why Winona County Should Ban Frac Sand Mining Operations ...

    Frac sand mining would put agriculture, tourism and recreation, which are important parts of Winona County's economic base, at risk. In 2013 the leisure and hospitality industry in Winona County generated gross sales of 96,000,000 and sales tax of 6,500,000 .

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  • Winona County Board Moves Closer to Frac Sand Mining Ban ...

    Winona County Board Moves Closer to Frac Sand Mining Ban, Minnesota. Published: October 31, ... The vote was "a big step forward for the ban" of all frac sand mining in the county, ... There are no mine permit appliions pending in Winona County, due to a lull in sand mining that reflects a slump in worldwide energy production.

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  • 2016 IN REVIEW: The great Winona County frac sand debate ...

     · Winona County took a divisive and groundbreaking step in 2016 to become the first county, possibly in the country, to completely ban industrial sand mining for use in fracking. The

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  • Silica Sand Minnesota For Sale

    Silica Sand Minnesota For Sale. Emerge energy services, the parent company of superior silica sands, filed for bankruptcy in silica operates mines in barron and chippewa to the state department of workforce development, frac sand producers have laid off more than 130 wisconsin workers so far this year.

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  • Frac Sand Mining: Everything About it is Wrong

    The Campaign to Ban Frac Sand Mining in Winona County. The Land Stewardship Project is leading a campaign in southeastern Minnesota's Winona County to pass a ban on new frac sand mining, processing or transportation operations. An earlier LSP blog outlines more reasons why such a ban should be but in place.

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  • Minnesota Sands asks Supreme Court to review Winona ...

     · PAUL — A Minnesota company interested in mining for silica sand in the southeastern part of the state has asked the Supreme Court to hear its lawsuit against a countylevel ban on the practice. Minnesota Sands LLC announced that it filed for the review on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and is arguing once again that the Winona County ban violates the ...

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  • In Winona, 'Mount Frac' blows ill for some | The Current

     · A stockpile of silica sand in Winona has become an icon that frames the local debate about the sand rush and the complex decisions and opinions of all parties involved. The arrival of silica sandrelated businesses to southeast Minnesota and western Wisconsin .

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  • Minnesota appeals court upholds Winona County frack sand ban

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld Winona County's ban on mining frack sand, used to fracture shale rock to extract oil and natural gas. In a split decision, a threejudge appeals panel affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a .

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  • A180090 Minnesota Sands, LLC,

    Minnesota mining company that seeks to mine and processsilica sand in Winona County (County)—an industrial mineral operation under the zoning ordinanceits —and sell product to outofstate oil and gas producers for use in hydraulic fracturing.

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  • Minnesota Sands asks Supreme Court to review Winona ...

     · Public outcry was loud enough in 2016 for the Winona County commissioners to enact a ban on frac sand mining, the first of its kind in the state, that Minnesota Sands has challenged in court now several times over. Winona County has not submitted an official response to the company's new filing submitted last week.

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  • SandPoint Times

    Winona Area Citizens Concerned About Silica Mining () About Us. is a group of citizens in the City of Winona and in Winona County, Minnesota who are concerned about fracsand mining and related operations in our region. Local communities on both sides of the Mississippi River have been caught off guard by the unbelievably ...

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