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Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance Analysis Shows Sweeping Views of Rockwool’s Smokestacks

Blue Ridge Conservation Alliance Analysis Shows Sweeping Views of Rockwool’s Smokestacks

Rockwool is a terrible fit for our economy and our health.  The plant’s 213 foot smokestacks will also ruin historic views across the county.  Check out this viewshed map which marks areas that will have views of these stacks as […]

April 1, 2019 Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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West Virginia PSC Ignores Staff Recommendations, Denies Review of Rockwool Waterline

West Virginia PSC Ignores Staff Recommendations, Denies Review of Rockwool Waterline

CHARLES TOWN, WV.  The Public Service Commission (PSC) overruled their own staff recommendation today and declined to intervene or reconsider the Rockwool/Jefferson Utilities water line project. Rockwool announced in January that it would build the waterline directly with Jefferson Utilities, […]

March 26, 2019 Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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Charles Town Utility Board FOIA Response

Charles Town Utility Board FOIA Response

Download the request letter, from Dec. 2018 (.pdf) Download CTUB’s Feb. 2019 response (.pdf)

March 24, 2019 Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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Charles Town City Council Should Table Vote on $16 Million Sewer Bond Backed by  Faulty Projections, Irregular Accounting, and Wrong Data Provided  to Regulators

Charles Town City Council Should Table Vote on $16 Million Sewer Bond Backed by Faulty Projections, Irregular Accounting, and Wrong Data Provided to Regulators

CHARLES TOWN.  Monday night, the City Council may consider a $16 million bond ordinance to fund a Charles Town Utility Board (CTUB) sewer plan built on faulty projections, shady budget overruns, and a permit that gave incorrect information to the […]

March 17, 2019 Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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Charles Town City Council Backs Sewer Bond to Build Industrial Zone in Jefferson County

It’s staggering to witness a board of elected officials ignore the overwhelming outcry against the plan to industrialize a school zone in Jefferson County.  We, the people who have come together to organize against this planning disaster, knew the system […]

March 17, 2019 Legal Update, Northport, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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Rockwool January 2019 Sinkhole Inspection

Our Karst geology and widespread well-water means heavy industry in Jefferson County puts our drinking water at risk.  Rockwool is still working to mitigate the sinkholes on the Jefferson Orchard site.  Report has photos. Read Inspection Repair Plan

March 16, 2019 Issues & Impacts, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com, Water Quality
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JCV Calls For Transparency at CTUB

March 12, 2019 Dear Mr. CTUB Chairman, In anticipation of the Charles Town Utility Board Meeting on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 Jefferson County Vision reviewed the Meeting Agenda Packet posted on Friday, March 8. Key topics and several recent, important […]

March 11, 2019 Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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A Letter to DEP About CTUB’s Knowingly Incorrect Information

February 26, 2019 Secretary Austin CapertonWest Virginia Dept of Environmental Protection601 – 57th Street SECharleston, WV 25304 Dear Secretary Caperton, I want to make you aware that the Charles Town Utility Board (CTUB) is operating the Charles Town Wastewater Treatment […]

February 26, 2019 Issues & Impacts, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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Key Issues Overview on the Charles Town Sewer Proposal

Commissioner Liz McDonald                      Commissioner William WarrenCommissioner Mary Ellen MahoneyCommissioner Albert GlascockCommissioner Keith Veler     Charles Town Building Commission101 East Washington StreetCharles Town WV, 25414 Dear Charles Town Building Commissioners: […]

February 24, 2019 Issues & Impacts, Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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IJDC FOIA Responses

City of Ranson: Route 9 Infrastructure Project, IJDC Sewer Funding Application Package 11/10/17 Emails thread on Sewer Application 11/27/17 IJDC Loan Reassignment IJDC Loan Reassignment JCDA Project Administration RE Project Administration RE Ranson Sewer Application RE IJDC Reassignment IJDC letter […]

February 7, 2019 Legal Update, Rockwool, toxicrockwool.com
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