Commission Meeting, March 12, 2007

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission held a public hearing March 12, 2007 regarding a permit request by Consol Virginia Coal Co. (#05-2233) to construct a diffuser outfall to facilitate the discharge of mine water into the Levisa Fork in Buchanan County.

The hearing was held via video conference. Those persons from the Grundy/Buchanan County area who wished to comment on the project participated in the meeting at Southwest Virginia Community College, 369 College Road in Richlands, VA. The hearing was from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a dinner break from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Members of the Commission participated in the video conference from Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, VA.

Communications-verbal and visual-were exchanged between the locations. No action was taken. A decision on the case is expected at the Commission's regularly scheduled meeting on March 27, 2007.

[ Audio Part I of meeting - 17Mb] [ Audio Part II of meeting - 2Mb]

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