WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICE OF ABANDONED MINE LANDS AND RECLAMATION Public meetings will be conducted to describe proposed Abandoned Mine Land reclamation projects, which have as their objective the alleviation of health, safety and environmental problems created by coal mines abandoned prior to August 3, 1977. Information regarding these projects, including required NEPA documentation, can be obtained from the WVDEP at 304-926-0485. The following projects listed with county locations will be explained at the public meetings: Project Name & County Cabot Portals Boone Crozier (G.A. Pacific) Portals/Highwall Greenbrier Belle (Sneed) Drainage Kanawha Evans Church (Bragg) Portals Kanawha Staten Creek Drainage and Refuse Kanawha & Fayette Accoville (Compton) Portals & Structure Logan Curtis Mine Openings Logan Kuhns Run Park Portals Marion Gilliam Refuse Pile McDowell Buffalo Trail Portals Mingo Maidsville (Lee) Mine Drainage Monongalia Whetsell (Trowbridge Road) Dangerous Slide Preston Long Run #3 Taylor Tralee Mine Dump and Drainage Wyoming These projects will be submitted to the Federal Office of Surface Mining for funding consideration. Public meetings to explain the projects will be conducted as follows: Wednesday, July 15, 2020, Bridgeport- WV DEP, Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation, 101 Cambridge Place, Bridgeport, WV 26330, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Contact Jonathan Knight or Robert Stuart, 304-842-1900. Thursday, July 16, 2020, Charleston- WV DEP, Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation, 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston, WV 25304, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Contact Michael Pigman or Jeff Davis, 304-926-0485. LC-94231 06-20,27;2020
