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Issues & Impacts

Company Selected to Study Rockwool Health Hazards Bails After BoE Scrutiny

The Jefferson County Board of Education announced today that Gradient Corporation has withdrawn from the health study of the impact of Rockwool on nearby schools. BoE stated: “During this due diligence process, the chair received information raising concerns regarding the...

January 23, 2019 Issues & Impacts, Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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LAWSUIT: City of Ranson Failed to Make Required Public Notice When Rezoning for Rockwool Smokestacks

CHARLES TOWN, WV.  The City of Ranson failed to provide adequate public notice, as required by statute, when it modified both its zoning ordinance and zoning map to permit heavy industrial uses at Jefferson Orchards.  As a matter of law,...

December 12, 2018 Issues & Impacts, Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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Rockwool will emit cancer-causing chemicals

In March 2018, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection produced a Fact Sheet/Preliminary Findings about the Rockwool site in Jefferson County.  The Fact Sheet discloses the presence of six different known or suspected carcinogens in Rockwool’s air pollution.  ...

July 15, 2018 Air Quality, Issues & Impacts, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com, Water Quality
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Urban Land Institute meets with Ranson encourages mixed use develoment and applying for Federal Grants

October 2004: Urban Land Institute meets with the city leaders from City of Ranson and City of Charles Town to brainstorm about the future of the area. The idea of encouraging mixed used development and advice on applying for grants/public funding...

October 1, 2004 Issues & Impacts, Northport, Rockwool
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Ranson Adopts 2004 Comprehensive Plan which supports annexation of vacant land for jobs and housing; as well as finding ways to connect Ranson to MARC Train

August 2004: Ranson adopts 2004 Comprehensive Plan with a goal to annex vacant land that would provide for a mix of uses in the neo-traditional development pattern. This development pattern should create a mix in housing styles, which will allow construction...

August 1, 2004 Issues & Impacts, Northport, Rockwool
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