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was much interested in the report since its conclusions could determine whether or not the company would be licensed to begin actual digging.
Former Del. Edward E. Lane of Richmond, now a lobbyist for Marline, requested and was given a copy of the report. Apparently Lane and Marline did not like what they saw when they read it.
There is some dispute about what happened next. Either Mr. Lane or Marline officials—or both—edited the report, or, as Mr. Jackson maintains, he did the editing himself, clearly along lines acceptable to the mining company.
The importance of having the report in suitable form and saying the right thing was underscored by the fact that the purification process prior to the editing was coordinated with Jennifer Joy Manson, senior executive assistant to then Gov. John Dalton and others close to the governor.
In any event, when the report was finally released, to the dismay of the Environmental Council Staff, it had become a twopage document which was nothing more than a bland recital of the technical aspects of the mining process and routine precautions which should be taken. Gone was the staffs well-documented and
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