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Notice is hereby given that Pocahontas Coal Company, LLC, 109 Appalachian Drive, Beckley, WV 25801 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 337.53 acres in order to add 46.05 acres of additional surface mine area with auger/highwall mining in the Beckley seam along pre-law mine bench and virgin cut in the Beckley and all associated riders and splits thereof seam of coal. The proposed operation is discharging into Unnamed Tributaries of/and Beetree Branch of Devil’s Fork and Unnamed Tributaries of/and Devil’s Fork, Unnamed Tributaries of/and Big Branch, Unnamed Tributaries of/and Comer Branch of Barkers Creek, all of the Guyandotte River of Ohio River and is located 1.8 miles, south of Rhodell in Slab Fork and Barkers Ridge District of Raleigh and Wyoming County, Longitude 81deg. 18′ 18″ and Latitude 37deg. 34′ 58″.
Surface of the area associated herewith and the mineral associated herewith is owned by:
Surface of the area associated within 100 feet of the permit area herewith and the mineral associated herewith is owned by:
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 February 16, 2023, or thirty (30) days from the date of final publication. A copy of the application will be available for review until February 16, 2023, or thirty (30) days from the 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 Number: (304) 574-4465 Permit Number: S301013
ID: 667945