PHARSALIA – Whether or not a public hearing will be held before a sandstone quarry is permitted to be sited along Center Road in the town depends on a number of factors, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation specialist said.

Lucan Mahoney of the DEC’s Division of Mineral Resources said not all environmental quality reviews require public hearings, something that doesn’t site well with a neighbor of the proposed site.

“This would be on all three sides of my property,” said Laura Price. “It’s a dirt road, traffic would increase, and I’m not even sure whether there will be a public hearing.”

Mahoney said the SEQR process was still underway, and it was too early to tell whether the project’s design would require a public hearing.