
Legal Update March 16, 2021
JCV vs. CITY OF RANSON (REZONING CASE) Summary — On...
Jefferson County Vision endeavors to protect the community together with the people and organizations that support our goals and accept our values. We envision a County with clean air and water that preserves its beautiful landscapes, farmland, thriving tourism industry, and beloved historic treasures for present and future generations.
Jefferson County is home to more than 56,000 people, along with untouched landscapes, a thriving tourism industry, and beloved historic treasures found only in the tip of the state’s eastern panhandle. We’re also home to the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers, with borders touching Maryland and Virginia, providing access to white-water rafting, tubing, fishing, and our own special “river living.” We are a special place.
The Rockwool Group (Roxul USA, Inc.) has started the process of building an imposing, 463,000- square-foot factory designed to produce stone-wool insulation in Ranson, WV. Operating 24/7, the massive factory’s 21-story smokestacks will redefine the county’s skyline. The chemicals they emit – numerous toxins, some with unknown “safe” limits — threaten the health of all Jefferson County kids enrolled in the nearby elementary school. In fact, the degraded air quality and the degraded vistas along the Appalachian Trail will threaten our essential tourism base; our homes’ resale values will be affected. Roxul/Rockwool spokespersons have stated that it will only offer up to 140 jobs, but will permanently change our landscape and potentially create serious health and environmental hazards.
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