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How to File Your Comment

March 6, 2015 By Sheree

How to Comment on MS Industries II LLC NPDES Permit No AL0082759 Save Our Shoals

This post explains how to file your comment on the proposed NPDES Permit AL0082759 that is pending issuance to MS Industries II, LLC by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). Click here to read a simple overview of the pending NPDES permit. 1. Comment Deadline Friday, March … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics, Educational Resources, Permit Applications, Updates - General, Water Protection Tagged With: Environmental Permits, Mining Permits, MS Industries II LLC, NPDES Permits

Franklin County: Meet the Candidates

October 15, 2014 By Sheree

We received this invitation from the Tharptown Fire Department (Franklin County, Alabama), with a request that we share it with citizens concerned about the tar sands mining proposals: We would like to cordially invite you to the Meet the Candidates event at the Tharptown Fire Department (23 Hwy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Events, Alabama Politics Tagged With: Elections, Franklin County Alabama, Tharptown

Fact Sheet #3

June 27, 2014 By Sheree

Fact Sheet #3 is an updated version of Fact Sheet #2. The difference? This version includes an updated list of state legislators in the counties that will be directly affected by tar sands surface mining, additional companies identified as actively seeking to buy or lease land for oil sands … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics, Educational Resources, Updates - General Tagged With: Fact Sheets

May Day: The Alabama Oil Sands Frenzy Gets Underway in 2013

May 22, 2014 By Sheree

Property on Spring Valley Road Colbert County Alabama

Efforts to develop the oil sands from the Hartselle Sandstone formation in northwest Alabama started to become public in June 2011 but no one was watching. Here's a timeline of some of my research on a few key dates in the evolving oil sands development frenzy in Alabama. The focus is on 2013, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics Tagged With: Bitumen, Hartselle Sandstone, Legislation, MS Industries, MS Industries II LLC, Oil Sands Alabama, Regulation, Tar Sands Alabama, Timeline, TMS Newco LLC, Trinity Industries Inc.

Sign The Petition

May 5, 2014 By Sheree

You can sign the Petition to Stop Tar Sands Mining in Alabama. You'll automatically be added to the email newsletter list (you can unsubscribe at any time).   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics Tagged With: Petition

Fact Sheet 2: Alabama Environmental Regulation Overview

April 9, 2014 By Sheree

This fact sheet was prepared for the public meeting at LaGrange Fire Department on April 7, 2014. In contains a brief overview of the environmental regulatory process related to tar sands or oil sands mining/exploitation in Alabama. It also includes contact information for state legislators in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics, US Environmental Politics

Alabama Environmental Regulation: A Very Simple Primer

March 22, 2014 By Sheree

Simple environmental regulatory chart

One of the questions raised at the Hatton public meeting had to do with regulatory authority for permitting and enforcing permits and environmental laws in Alabama. Environmental regulation is a complex area. It involves multiple federal and state agencies and lots of different federal and state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics Tagged With: ADEM, Alabama Environmental Protection, Environmental Permits

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