Premium Content Subscriber only A Northern NSW quarry is being closely monitored after a number of complaints in recent months. In a February update on Dowes Quarry and the Sunnyside Processing Plant at Tenterfield, the Environmental Protection Authority said it was continuing to check that operators were complying with the licence conditions. "The EPA issued the quarry operator with a formal warning in May 2020, following our investigation of a report from the community that quarrying activities were being carried out at Dowes on a public holiday," a spokesperson from the EPA said.
An aerial view of Dowes Quarry. "Our investigations found that Dowes and Sunnyside are applying water and dust suppressant to haul roads, processing equipment and stockpiles at the sites in accordance with accepted best practice.