McDowell

Public Notice

SURFACE MINING APPLICATION ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given that MOUNTAINEER SERVICES, LLC, 788 Bailey Switch Road, Bluefield, VA 24605 has submitted an application to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Mining and Reclamation (DMR) located at 1159 Nick Rahall Greenway, Fayetteville, WV 25840 for an Article 3 permit for the surface disturbance of approximately 6.83 acres in order to construct and operate an underground mine, haul road, and coal stockpile in the Sewell—New River seam of coal and all splits thereof.

Mining operations will occur within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way of McDowell County Route 7/12 and McDowell County Route 7/38. The proposed operation is discharging into Lower Hensley Creek of Tug Fork River of Big Sandy River and is located 0.3 miles west of Hensley (Nearest Post Office) in Browns Creek District of McDowell County, Longitude 81° 42' 26" Latitude 37° 28' 20".

Surface of the area associated herewith and the mineral associated herewith is owned by:
Surface or Mineral
Name and Address
Surface and Mineral
Mountaineer Services, LLC, 788 Bailey Switch Road, Bluefield, VA 24605
Surface and Mineral
Alawest Inc., P.O. Box 920, Welch, WV 24801

Surface of the area associated within 100 feet of the permit area herewith and the mineral associated herewith is owned by:
Surface or Mineral
Name and Address
Surface
Gopher Land Services Inc., 1226 Hinton Road, White Oak, WV 25989
Surface
Larry Sheperd, c/o Candace O'Dell, P.O. Box 24, Hensley, WV 24843
Surface
Melvin Odom, P.O. Box 15, Hensley, WV 24843
Surface
WV Division of Highways, 270 Hardwood Lane, Princeton, WV 24740-2737
Surface
Charles Heath & Linda Raum, P.O. Box 195, Traphill, NC 28685
Surface and Mineral
Mountaineer Services, LLC, 788 Bailey Switch Road, Bluefield, VA 24605
Surface and Mineral
Alawest Inc., P.O. Box 920, Welch, WV 24801

Written comments and/or requests for an informal conference of the surface mining application shall identify the applicant and application number and will be received by the Permit Supervisor at the DEP address above until August 22, 2026, or thirty (30) days from date of final publication. A copy of the application will be available for review until August 22, 2026, or thirty (30) days from date of final publication in the DEP Regional Office located at the address above and is available at:

http://apps.dep.wv.gov/WebApp/_dep/Search/ePermitting/ePermittingApplicationSearchPage.cfm.

The above link can be accessed from a computer at all West Virginia public libraries

DEP Telephone No.: 304-574-4465Permit No.: U300424

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Jackson

Public Notice

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION OF WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC NOTICE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION’S, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, 601 57TH STREET SE, CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25304-2345 TELEPHONE: (304) 926-0440. APPLICATION FOR A WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PERMIT MODIFICATION Public Notice No.: L-61-26 Public Notice Date: July 03, 2026 Paper: Jackson Star The following has applied for a WV NPDES Water Pollution Control Permit Modification for this facility or activity: Appl. No.: WV0021989 Applicant: RAVENSWOOD, CITY OF 1 WALL STREET RAVENSWOOD, WV 26164 Location: RAVENSWOOD, JACKSON COUNTY Latitude: 38:56:45 Longitude: 81:45:40 Receiving Stream: Sandy Creek of Ohio River Activity: To acquire, construct, install, operate, and maintain a new WWTP upgrading the capacity from a 0.95 MGD lagoon system to a 2.3 MGD SBR WWTP and relocate the discharge directly to the Ohio River through Outlet 003 at Milepoint 220.1. Also, to decommission the existing three-cell aerated lagoon, including removing the wastewater, sludge, liner, aeration equipment, baffles, and demolishing the existing headworks structure. Also, to incorporate the requirements relative to Title 33, Series 2 of the West Virginia Legislative Rules for the processing and disposal of sewage sludge generated by the wastewater treatment plant. Sewage sludge generated and/or processed at the permittee’s facility shall be disposed of at a sanitary landfill by placing the sewage sludge in the landfill cell. An antidegradation review has been conducted for Outlet 003. Tier 2 and Tier 1 protection are provided for the uses specified in Title 47, Series 2, Section 6. The wastewater treatment plant upgrade and replacement project shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved on the 14th of May 2025, and prepared by The Thrasher Group, 600 White Oaks Blvd., Bridgeport, WV 26330, entitled, “City of Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia for Phase IIB – New Regional Westwater Treatment Plant and Force main”; WVDEP SRF Project #544782, WVIJDC Project #2023S-2347. Business conducted: Municipality. Implementation: N/A On the basis of review of the application, the “Water Pollution Control Act (Chapter 22, Article 11-8(a)),” and the “West Virginia Legislative Rules,” the State of West Virginia will act on the above application. Any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit modification and may request a public hearing by addressing such to the Director of the Division of Water and Waste Management within 30 days of the date of the public notice. Such comments or requests should be addressed to: Director, Division of Water and Waste Management, DEP ATTN: Lori Devereux, Permitting Section 601 57th Street SE Charleston, WV 25304-2345 [email protected] The public comment period begins July 03, 2026 and ends August 02, 2026. Comments received within this period will be considered prior to acting on the permit modification application. Correspondence should include the name, address and the telephone number of the writer and a concise statement of the nature of the issues raised. The Director shall hold a public hearing whenever a finding is made, on the basis of requests, that there is a significant degree of public interest on issues relevant to the Draft Permit Modification(s). Interested persons may contact the public information office to obtain further information. The application, draft permit modification and any required fact sheet may be inspected, by appointment, at the Division of Water and Waste Management Public Information Office, at 601 57th Street SE, Charleston, WV, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on business days.

CITY OF RAVENSWOOD
1 WALL ST

RAVENSWOOD
WV
26164
304-273-2621

ID: 1512305

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