DORRANCE TOWNSHIP –  Slusser Brothers, a subsidiary of Harrisburg-based Pennsy Supply, Inc., today announced that the Dorrance Township Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the continuation of the Small Mountain Quarry.  The Planning Commission recommended several conditions for approval, many of which are already in the plans of the project. 

 “We want to thank the Planning Commission for their diligent review of our project,” said General Manager Patrick Bartorillo. “We are reviewing their recommendations and look forward to meeting with the Township Supervisors to seek approval of this vital project.”

The quarry project would preserve 150 jobs that would be lost if the quarry was forced to close.  The present quarry on the north side of Small Mountain Road is scheduled to exhaust its materials in the next few years.  This expansion project to the south side of Small Mountain Road would allow the quarry to operate at its present rate for another 50 years.

Slusser Brothers is a major supplier of asphalt, concrete and road materials for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and contractors in Northeastern Pennsylvania.  Small MountainQuarry supplies an “E” rated aggregate, which is a skid resistance rating required by PennDOT on major traffic routes.