A new overhaul to Kenai Peninsula Borough code regarding gravel pits is up for public comment next month — the latest in a years-long effort to rework the borough’s permitting process and draw compromise between those gravel pit owners and those who live nearby; and Alaska’s potential to provide “critical minerals” is the focus of a two-day meeting that got underway Monday morning at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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