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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection publishes a booklet about submitting comments (link below).

Please observe the DEP rules for submitting comments and conduct of the hearing.

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 The new application to operate as a quarry is indicated in the map below.  This new application is in it's initial phase of review by the WVDEP.  More information will be posted as available.

 

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The potential mining area for slate.

While this initial hearing is only

for a small section of the total,

it is just the start of a massive quarry

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Satellite view of affected area of North Mountain.  Areas of Gerrardstown and surrounding property and of top part of Glenwood Forest whose wells depend on water held within the mountain.

A public hearing will be scheduled for the permit application in the spring of 2009.  Keep checking for dates and times.

Our Protest to Save North Mountain

On Saturday, May 10, 2008 the grassroots organization known as the Citizens Alliance for a Responsible Environment merged forces with concerned environmentalists, citizens and residents of Berkeley and Jefferson County to protest the proposed North Mountain Quarry to be built in residential Gerrardstown. Our water supply, clean air, wildlife and beautiful environment are all in jeopardy should this proposal proceed further.

Lots of folks came out to raise their voices in front of "Continental Brick" located on Route 9 in Martinsburg. (Continental Brick is operating in Gerrardstown under the name of "North Mountain Shale, LLC" and is the backer of this project.)

Let's save our mountain and protect

our environment from this

devastating proposition!

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 Contact your state Senator and District Delegate!!!  Check the West Virginia Senate District or Delegate District map for who that is if you are not sure. 

Let the Berkeley County Commission know what you think!

It does not hurt to send an email to Senator Byrd or Senator Rockefeller and 

there is also Congresswoman Capito, Congressman Mollohan and

Congressman Rahall.  

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Our representatives

Senator Clark S. Barnes (R - Randolph)
Minority Whip
District 15

Capitol Address:
Room 203W, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305

Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7973
Business Phone: NA
E-mail: cbarnes@mail.wvnet.edu

Delegate Jonathan Miller (R - Berkeley)
District 53
Capitol Address:
Room 6R, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305

Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3147
Business Phone: (304) 283-5975
E-mail: jonathan@delegatejmiller.com

 Senator John Unger II (D - Berkeley)

District 16

Capitol Address:
Room 216W, Building 1
State Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305

Capitol Phone: (304) 357-7933
Business Phone: (304) 357-7933
E-mail: john.unger@wvsenate.gov

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 Chesapeake Bay Monitoring keeps track of what is happening to the bay

The Chesapeake Bay Program works at restoring and protecting the watersheds

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The Chesapeake Bay Program is a unique regional partnership that has led and directed the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay since 1983

Glenwood Forest Water Wells

The quarry's removal of shale is most likely to disrupt the drinking water wells supplying over 300 homes, close to 1000 people.  The removal of the earth overburden and then the underlying shale is directly in line with the operating levels of Glenwood Forest's wells.  Berkeley County operates the wells and disruption will either cause the need for new wells to be found or safe water to be trucked in.  Guess who will pay that bill?  Glenwood Forest residents!! 

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