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LAGRANGE – On Monday, April 7 at 6:00 p.m., there will be a public meeting at the LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department at 7625 Lagrange Road, Leighton, Alabama, to discuss the intention of MS Industries to strip mine tar sands from the underlying Hartselle sandstone formation in northwest Alabama. The company has purchased properties in western Lawrence County, Colbert County and Franklin County. Many residents have
LAGRANGE – On Monday, April 7 at 6:00 p.m., there will be a public meeting at the LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department at 7625 Lagrange Road, Leighton, Alabama, to discuss the intention of MS Industries to strip mine tar sands from the underlying Hartselle sandstone formation in northwest Alabama. The company has purchased properties in western Lawrence County, Colbert County and Franklin County. Many residents have
Jim Lacefield
serious concerns about this proposed surface mining and processing plant, including possible effects on human health,water quality, noise and air pollution, destruction of the land and the limitations of the reclamation of the land after the mining is finished.
In Lawrence County, Hatton schools will be within a few miles and east (downwind) of the mining and 
the processing plant.
the processing plant.In attendance to offer information and answer questions will be local citizens who are knowledgeable about northwest Alabama geology and the mining process, including Dr. Jim Lacefield (author of Lost Worlds in Alabama Rocks), John Crowder (retired environmental consultant), and Charles Rose (President of Shoals Environmental Alliance); and concerned residents Janice Barrett, Mark Kolinski and others who will be directly affected by the operations.
MEDIA RELEASE/WILDSOUTH/JANICE BARRETT
