The Office of Surface Mining will have a public hearing on the proposal to put newly generated coal ash from the TVA’s Kingston Fossil Steam Plant on top of a coal mine valley fill on Crossville Coal Turner Surface mine also know as Smith Mountain. Show up and show your opposition to using Cumberland County as an ash dump. The public hearing is at Stone Memorial High School. 2800 Cook Road, Crossville, TN on November 5 at 6:00 p.m.

OSM can stop the coal ash landfill! Show up and tell OSM why you don’t want coal as in Cumberland County.

If you wish to speak you will have three minutes.

You can also submit written comments at the public hearing.

Or submit written comments by email at:
bwinters@osmre.gov

Or submit written comments by mail to:
Office of Surface Mining
710 Locust Street, 2nd Floor
Knoxville, TN 37902.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRc0w52xiVs Water testing 10-27-09 Crossville Coal Turner Surface Mine United Mountain Defense and Smith Mountain Road Residents do a mine site visit with the Office of Surface Mining and conduct water monitoring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41I3pgqWjtQ Mine site visit 10-27-09 Crossvillie Coal Turner Surface Mine United Mountain Defense and Smith Mountain Road Residents go on a mine site visit with the Office of Surface Mining and drive over the valley fill

Thanks, matt landon full time volunteer staff person for United Mountain Defense unitedmountaindefense.org

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Cumberland County residents say no to coal ash dump

Dear folks,
It was awesome to see a nearly full highschool auditorium of Cumberland County residents who turned out to say no to the proposed coal ash dump that Crossville Coal wants to put up on the Turner Surface Mine and Smith Mountain Road. There was only one speaker for the coal ash dump and that was the owner of the company trying to get the dump started. The resistance to this dump is strong and hopefully the folks of Roane County can support the Midtown residents in their struggle to keep TVA's coal ash out of their community. till then, matt landon Appalachian Organizer for United Mountain Defense and dedicated Roane County Volunteer

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