Please comment today by 5PM. WV Dept. of Environmental Protection is holding a public hearing (informal conference) regarding mountaintop removal March 21 at 5:00 PM, online, by phone, or in person at Clear Fork Elementary School, Artie, WV. You can also send comments by email to Laura.B.Claypool@WV.gov by 5 PM March 21. This is for those who OPPOSE renewal of Alpha Metallurgical Resources subsidiary Republic Energy's Middle Ridge mountaintop removal permit number S301712 on Coal River Mountain.
The conference is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. located at Clear Fork Elementary, 4851 Clear Fork Rd Artie, WV 25008. The conference may also be accessed virtually at https://meet.google.com/oba- ynsm-ecp or by phone at 1-262-427-6454 PIN: 118728018. You can also email comments to Laura.B.Claypool@wv.gov prior to the hearing.
The purpose of the informal conference is to allow comments from those people having an interest which is or may be adversely affected by the Republic Energy, LLC Article 3 Permit Renewal Application Permit No. S301712, located 2.1 miles Southwest of Clear Creek in the Clear Fork District of Raleigh County.
There are plenty of good reasons to deny renewal of this permit, but WVDEP will renew it anyway. They always do, regardless of which law or scientific study you cite, and regardless of how professional or how passionate you are. But you will have stated your objection. You can keep it simple and tell the WVDEP that the blasting dust they refuse to regulate is deadly for neighboring communities. Tell them that deforestation and burning coal contribute to the climate crisis, whether they believe in science or not. You don't have to be a local resident to testify. If you live on Planet Earth, this permit adversely affects your interests. Photos are at https://www.crmw.net/updates/ public-hearing-march-21-5-pm- regarding-renewal-of- mountaintop-removal-permit.php .
And if you're able to chip in to support our work, please do so at https://secure.givelively.org/ donate/coal-river-mountain- watch. Every bit helps!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Vernon Haltom
Executive Director
Public Hearing March 21, 5 PM, Regarding Renewal Of Mountaintop Removal Permit
Mar 20, 2024
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is holding a public hearing (informal conference) regarding mountaintop removal March 21 at 5:00 PM, online, by phone, or in person at Clear Fork Elementary School, Artie, WV. You can also send comments by email to Laura.B.Claypool@WV.gov by 5 PM March 21. This is for those who OPPOSE renewal of Alpha Metallurgical Resources subsidiary Republic Energy's Middle Ridge mountaintop removal permit number S301712 on Coal River Mountain.
Photo by WVDEP. Details below:
March 21, 2024, 5:00 PM: The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Mining and Reclamation will conduct an informal conference related to Republic Energy, LLC's Article 3 Permit Renewal Application for Permit No. S301712.
The informal conference is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. located at Clear Fork Elementary, 4851 Clear Fork Rd Artie, WV 25008. The conference may also be accessed virtually at https://meet.google.com/oba-ynsm-ecp or by phone at 1-262-427-6454 PIN: 118728018. You can also email comments to Laura.B.Claypool@wv.gov prior to the hearing.
The purpose of the informal conference is to allow comments from those people having an interest which is or may be adversely affected by the Republic Energy, LLC Article 3 Permit Renewal Application Permit No. S301712, located 2.1 miles Southwest of Clear Creek in the Clear Fork District of Raleigh County.
There are plenty of good reasons to deny renewal of this permit, but WVDEP will renew it anyway. They always do, regardless of which law or scientific study you cite, and regardless of how professional or how passionate you are. But you will have stated your objection. You can keep it simple and tell the WVDEP that the blasting dust they refuse to regulate is deadly for neighboring communities. Tell them that deforestation and burning coal contribute to the climate crisis, whether they believe in science or not. You don't have to be a local resident to testify. If you live on Planet Earth, this permit adversely affects your interests.
Thanks.
Blasting dust cloud from the explosive equivalent of 305 tomahawk missiles on the Middle Ridge mountaintop removal site, 11-13-2020, drone flight by Junior Walk/Coal River Mountain Watch.
Ridge mountaintop removal site over Clear Creek, WV. Flyover 3-14-2024 courtesy www.Southwings.org. 
Ridge mountaintop removal site over Clear Fork Elementary School, Artie, WV. Flyover 3-14-2024 courtesy www.Southwings.org.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HERE:
https://www.crmw.net/updates/public-hearing-march-21-5-pm-regarding-renewal-of-mountaintop-removal-permit.php
MY COMMENTS:
Part of my family escaped from the DIRTY COAL MINES of West Virginia and
it's tragic that the environmental destruction continues. We also have friends
who watched family DIE from BLACK LUNG and environmental contamination.
Not only are you destroying WEST VIRGINIA, but contributing to the CLIMATE
CRISIS and misleading those employed by DIRTY COAL into believing that
there's a future.
The global consumption of DIRTY COAL is declining.
That WEST VIRGINIA continues to promote DIRTY COAL without preparing
for a CLEAN ENEGY FUTURE defines your failures.
It's time to improve WEST VIRGINIA.
Statistics indicate WEST VIRGINIA is, if not the poorest state, ranking at the
bottom among them due to your failures to abandon DIRTY COAL.
It's time to embrace a CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE!
It's time for WEST VIRGINIA to progress and join the rest of the nation that is
prospering from CLEAN ENERGY, JOB CREATION, and improved economic
development.
WE know that you won't, but it's your choice to deny the future!
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