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

865 689 2778

17 Cumberland Co. Residents Say Landfill Will Destroy Quality Of Life

They are suing the county mayor and county commission under the Jackson Law, a law that says elected bodies must consider eight things before making a decision including property values and safety.

See the story here: (link...)

In Crossville they've created the Cumberland Business Incubator.