“We are an endangered species” said Jumpoff resident Jan Brown, expressing concerns about the Tennessee Division of Mining and Geological Resources’ methods of assessing Jumpoff Creek and plans for protecting the watershed. The Nov. 21 public hearing at the Princess Theater in South Pittsburg began with an informational video explaining how a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, if granted, would protect the creek by regulating Tinsley Sand and Gravels’ discharge of pollutants at the 79.4-acre sand-plant site on South Pittsburg Mountain Road. But the comments that followed shed a harsh, unflattering light on the potential impact to the vast 774-acre watershed and the people who live there.
Leslie Lytle – Sewanee Mountain Messenger
Photo: Stop the Jump-Off Quarry