Don't Let Them Strip Coal River Mountain!


Feb 26, 2013

Coal River Mountain permit hearing Feb 28. Please attend or send comments Marfork Coal Company, a former Massey subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources, has applied for yet another permit to strip mine Coal River Mountain. The Middle Ridge Surface Mine, S301712, would destroy 800 acres in the heart of Coal River Mountain.This permit has been on the fast track to approval. Impacts would include negative health impacts from the blasting dust, contamination or depletion of water supplies, destruction of sustainable forest resources, and elimination of a significant portion of the mountain’s renewable wind energy resource.

                   

Marfork Coal Company, a former Massey subsidiary of Alpha Natural Resources, has applied for yet another permit to strip mine Coal River Mountain. The Middle Ridge Surface Mine, S301712, would destroy 800 acres in the heart of Coal River Mountain. This permit has been on the fast track to approval. Impacts would include negative health impacts from the blasting dust, contamination or depletion of water supplies, destruction of sustainable forest resources, and elimination of a significant portion of the mountain’s renewable wind energy resource.  

There will be a hearing this Thursday February 28th in the Coal River Valley, which will be the last opportunity to submit comments opposing this permit. Please attend Feb. 28, 6:00 PM, Raleigh-Boone Technical Center (State police/Headstart building) in Pettus, WV.  If you can’t attend, please send comments here by Feb. 27.

Please speak in your own words. Suggested talking points are here. Thank you for standing up for the mountains.

 

If you can’t attend, please fill out the form Submit Comments Opposing the Middle Ridge Surface Mine on Coal River Mountain. To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1a1cZVL_2MIkEjS_T4yk3NSStJX7dPxII1TzFu9wFi4Y/viewform?sid=4aac70ed5a46bfae&token=Mu45CT0BAAA.xO39Kf3xI4SVrfRBCETAhA.TvAZyYJ7s-J2-A7V_Bvryg