I am upset and concerned

Dear Blount Countians who have concerns about the proposed Rosa Mine,

 

I am upset & concerned that there are no elected officials willing to add their voices to ours.

 

They may show up at a meeting (looks good/accomplishes nothing), but will they write a letter to the Alabama Surface Mining Commission???

 

And tell them their constituents are concerned that:

 

The water we drink may be subject to contamination;

 

The coal operation will put coal dust in the air we breathe and we will develop lung diseases;

 

Our barely maintained roads will deteriorate even faster;

 

Our insurance rates will rise;

 

Our wells could go "bad";

 

Our properties could be flooded with a toxic sludge from flooding that only "Mother Nature" can foretell;

 

Our properties will decrease in value,

 

Our river, which has been slowly recovering from the last mining operation, will suffer degradation and loss of aquatic life again,

 

 

     Neighbors, our opportunities to have an impact on the permitting of this proposed mining operation is slim. ADEM has already told us we are too late for them to listen to any of our concerns. The Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC) will hold one public meeting to accept comments and concerns which they are required by law to address. Here is what you can do:

 

Mail a letter addressed to :    Alabama Surface Mining Commission

                                                           PO BOX 2390

                                                           Jasper, AL. 35502-2390

                                                           Permit # P-3931

 

If any of the concerns above ring true, describe them in detail and ask the ASMC how they are going to protect you in regards to these concerns. Send a copy of your letter to them and to these other public officials:    

 

  Chairman of Commission

                Probate Judge David Standridge

                220 2nd Ave E., Rm 106

                Oneonta, AL  35121

 

            District 1:  

                    David Cochran 

                    220 2nd Ave E., Rm 106

                    Oneonta, AL  3512

 

            District 2:  

                    Robert Bullard 

                    220 2nd Ave E., Rm 106

                    Oneonta, AL  35121

 

            District 3:  

                    Tom Ryan

                    220 2nd Ave E., Rm 106

                    Oneonta, AL  35121

            

             District 4:  

                    Waymon Pitts 

                    220 2nd Ave E., Rm 106

                    Oneonta, AL  35121

                    (205) 625-3473

 

            Administrator Chris Green (205) 625-4160

 

City of Oneonta                                                                                                                                                                                                      Mayor Darryl Ray

 202 3rd. Avenue East

  Oneonta, AL  35121

 

City of Rosa

        Mayor Andy Ellis

        62 Ellis Dr. 

        Oneonta Alabama 35121.

 


City of Cleveland

        Mayor Larry Longshore

        Cleveland Town Hall

        62732 U. S. Highway 231

        Cleveland, AL  35049-3669

 

City of Blountsville

        Mayor Randy Millwood

        Blountsville Town Hall

        10017 Lee St. W.

        Blountsville, AL 35031

        Phone:  (205) 429-2406

 

Bring a signed copy of your letter to the public meeting which will be held at the Frank Green Building (ASMC will publish meeting date soon). Come to this meeting with every friend , relative, and neighbor you can lasso. (You can bet MCoal will try to pack this meeting with their beneficiaries). If you can't attend the meeting, send a signed copy to us: 

 

"Concerned Citizens about the Rosa Mine"

  PO Box 1133

Blountsville, AL 35031

 

We will see that your letter (hopefully with a big stack of letters) is recorded and becomes a formal record of comments that the ASMC must acknowledge and respond to. 

If our elected officials won't stand up for us- we know what we have to do- elect different leaders!

 

            Jerry Gordon-Hellman