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Black Mountain Quarry environmental issues  

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BLACK MOUNTAIN QUARRY Task 1 What is this issue about? Introduce the issue. The issue is the Black Mountain Quarry, which was set up in the late fifties by Peter Lagan from County Derry. The parties who are involved in the issue surrounding the Black Mountain Quarries are Black Mountain Action Group and local residents, the Department of the Environment (D.O.E) who will decide the outcome and Peter Lagan the present owner of the company White Mountain Quarries It is an issue because some local residents and the Black Mountain Action Group want it closed for environmental reasons and the work force needs it to maintain their livelihood. The main concerns of the action group and the residents are the dust, noise levels and the damage to the landscape. Viewing the mountain from the distance it appears to have what looks like a large bite out of it. The Black Mountain stretches from Hannahstown hill...

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