flyrock

With millions of pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosives being detonated nearby and flyrock, coal slurry spills and coal dust threatening their lives, so will everyone else in the coalfields across the nation -- and so should every American who believes we must not appoint reckless public officials whose records fail to uphold science and law in our mining policies.

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Webb was told on Friday: While operators were ordered to stop blasting in Clay's Branch until they placed all the material, rocks, flyrock, boulders, downed trees and all back on their permitted area, the WV Department of Environmental Protection reviewed solution is to blast down to the next seam of coal, blasting closer to residents so they can get to all the material that is off the permitted area.

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We're up here to protect the communities from effects of blasting, breathing in toxic dust, endangerment of flyrock, housing damages, mudslides, flooding, are everyday realities for the community.

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Here's a shot of what flyrock can do to a house in the blasting area:

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Here's a video of the blasting near Clay's Branch and its shower of flyrock, silica dust and heavy metals on area residents:

Jeff Biggers: Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations 2009

Webb was told on Friday: While operators were ordered to stop blasting in Clay's Branch until they placed all the material, rocks, flyrock, boulders, downed trees and all back on their permitted area, the WV Department of Environmental Protection reviewed solution is to blast down to the next seam of coal, blasting closer to residents so they can get to all the material that is off the permitted area.

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After nearly four decades of enduring daily rounds of millions of pounds of ammonium nitrate/fuel oil explosives ripping through their communities and mountains, dealing with blasting, flyrock, silica dust, selenium pollution, contaminated watersheds and streams, entrenched poverty and a devastated economy blocked from any diversification or job development, coalfield residents are sorta bothered, too.

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"Due to the significant danger of flyrock, it is recommended that in all cases, OEB institute the cessation of blasting activity in the area where flyrock originates and adjacent areas until an investigation is completed an prescribed changes are implemented by the company to ensure there is a reasonable expectation that flyrock will not occur again from the same cause."

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OEB does not feel it is necessary to issue an [imminent harm cessation order] or cease blasting on all flyrock cases.

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"OEB does not feel it is necessary to issue an [imminent harm cessation order] or cease blasting on all flyrock cases.

Jeff Biggers: Fearless Tree-Sit in Coal Blasting Area Calls Out Failed Regulations 2009