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Tar Sands On the Agenda for SEA Meeting, February 2015

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Event news from Charles Rose, president of the Shoals Environmental Alliance.

Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Time: Refreshments at 5 p.m., Presentations & Meeting 5:30 – 7 p.m.

Where: Florence Public Library

What: Monthly Meeting of Shoals Environmental Alliance

Topic: The meeting will be focused on mining and related permit applications filed by MS Industries II, LLC for a site in the Wolf Springs area of Lawrence County, Alabama

The meeting will feature a screening of the SELC documentary film “Paradise or Profit” by Chris Jones (approximately 11 minutes) and a panel discussion on the permit applications filed by MS Industries II, LLC.

Here’s the event announcement, copied verbatim from email from Charles Rose with a correction the road address for permit application:

Tuesday, February 24 — Shoals Environmental Alliance Meeting

SEA will meet Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave Florence, AL 35630, in the conference room. The public, as always, is cordially invited.

Refreshments & informal discussion — 5:00pm  (Feel free to help with refreshments.)
Program — 5:30 to 7:00pm

We will screen Chris Jones’  “Paradise or Profit,” a short documentary concerning our anti-tar sands mining campaign here in Northwest Alabama.

 

We might possibly show another short tar sands video of a more general nature, if time allows.

 

This meeting will also feature a panel discussion concerning MS Industries’ permit application to mine “non-fuel sands, clays, ores and other minerals through the open pit method” on a site at 2228 CR [1]35, in Lawrence County.John Crowder, David Cope and Joel Mize will lead a group discussion of the permit application and the many concerns we have with it.
A 30 day comment period began on February 16, in which the public can make written comments to Alabama Dept. of Environmental Management (ADEM) concerning the permit application. There will be handouts for meeting attendees, listing some of our many concerns with MSI application and other info helpful in making comment to ADEM.

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Here is a link to a recent TimesDaily article concerning MS Industries’ permit application. It contains instructions on how to find and view the permit application on the ADEM website.
http://www.timesdaily.com/news/company-seeks-permit/article_b62ad022-b4d2-11e4-9fc9-5bf4e3c7a62e.html