***Public Meeting on "Air Pollution from Marcellus Gas Operations"
Featured Speaker: Joe Osborne, Legal Director, GASP-Pittsburgh
7:00 PM, Thursday, October 13th
Conference Room, Morgantown Airport Annex
Sponsors: Mon Valley Clean Air Coalition, Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP),

***WVDEP has scheduled a public meeting to hear comments and answer questions about 2 Coresco coal ash dump permits near Maidsville across the river from Morgantown. It will beMonday, October 17 at 6:00 pm at the Granville Volunteer Fire Department's event hall. The Fire Department is on Rt 100 and the event hall is located across the street and behind some new construction.

One permit is a renewal of an existing site of ~140 acres where there is already some evidence that water contamination is occurring. The second is a new permit for ~338 acres.

We hope to get a large turn-out so that we can impress upon WVDEP that many people oppose just dumping toxic fly ash into our environment. There is a significant burden of dust generated in these activities. And,

the mining and coal contribute to global climate change. We expect the mining and power company will try to pack the room with their employees.