Post by L Roebuck on Feb 16, 2006 13:47:23 GMT -5
This article is not about caves. It is about the TN Metro Solid Waste Advisory Board who approved a new dump site - a quarry - but it does mention the Rumbling Falls Cave system.
Gold Mine on the Harpeth
by Martin Holsinger
<snip> " Neither State Senator Douglas Henry nor State Representative Gary Moore, in whose districts the quarry lies, seem inclined to amend the State Scenic Rivers Act, which they helped write. Sen. Henry did qualify this, saying “I'm one of the authors of the State Scenic Rivers Act and unless the Department of Conservation recommends a change I'm not going to change it.” My friends in the conservation struggle are concerned about a certain pliability they perceive in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. After all, the Department of Water Quality approved the discharge of sewage into the Rumbling Falls Cave system, and it took a lawsuit to stop them. This may take another lawsuit before it's over. Start saving your pennies. " <snip>
Full article:
www.tnimc.org/feature/display/15744/index.php
Gold Mine on the Harpeth
by Martin Holsinger
<snip> " Neither State Senator Douglas Henry nor State Representative Gary Moore, in whose districts the quarry lies, seem inclined to amend the State Scenic Rivers Act, which they helped write. Sen. Henry did qualify this, saying “I'm one of the authors of the State Scenic Rivers Act and unless the Department of Conservation recommends a change I'm not going to change it.” My friends in the conservation struggle are concerned about a certain pliability they perceive in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. After all, the Department of Water Quality approved the discharge of sewage into the Rumbling Falls Cave system, and it took a lawsuit to stop them. This may take another lawsuit before it's over. Start saving your pennies. " <snip>
Full article:
www.tnimc.org/feature/display/15744/index.php