Your fellow blogger up to this time have expressed their opinions but you have written falsehoods. There is no way a mining company, even if it wanted to and no mining company wants to, will discharge toxic slurry and sludge. The state checks these discharge points regularly and it is jut not allowed. The ponds are built so that not one drop of water can leave the permitted area without going through a pond so that the discharged water is in compliance. You are much more likely to have poor quality water running off from any farm or similar activity.
The WVU study you quote from has been brought into question several times to the validity of the data sets used; in other words, the data was scewed to get the result the researchers wanted, which was a negative impact of mining.
The other dangers you list are groundless. If the area was mined before, when the laws were less stringent, what makes you think the results will be worse now? One advantage to the type of mining proposed is that the coal miner can repair some (if not all) of any damage done by the previous miner. Isn't that a good thing?
IF your concern is the 10,000 gallon fuel tank, then you have a lot of work cut out for you. I'm sure there are dozens of 10,000 gallon fuel tanks in Blount county, probably one at the county bus garage.

I think everyone should look at this for what it is; your neighbors want to make money on the land they own by mining the mineral they rightfully own. Why should you have the right to take that away from them based on lies, mis-statements, and half-truths. If you don't want the property mined, do what is fair, simply buy the property from the owners and tell MCoal you don't want to mine it anymore. There is nothing wrong with that.