"We want assurance that our children, our families, our homes will remain as they are now, intact, without having to worry someone will run off the road into our house," says Robert Law, a resident of Lilly Level Road where the new Amfire mine is set to be built.

Law and other residents along the road in Cresson say they aren't too thrilled with the idea of coal trucks going in and out of their neighborhood on their way to the new mine. In a public hearing Wednesday, they were able to voice their concerns for the first time.

"I am concerned about the people, the amount of vehicles on the road and how much dirt we are going to breath in," says Law.

All of which are valid concerns that Amfire officials say they have thought about and planned for.

"We put facilities in place to take care of the road dirt and coal dust and they are regulated," says Rob Bottegal of Amfire.

To limit the amount of dirt and debris, Amfire says they will have water sprays set up and will also limit the height the coal is dropped at.

"We will not run trucks onto the coal pad. We'll run it in an area adjacent to it that's clean. That should help keep the trucks out of the dirt," says Bottegal.

Amfire says they are also going to be paving a 500 ft. stretch of road leading to the site to help the dirt and coal dust problem. The Amfire mining site could open as early as 2008.