010098197 September 2
WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
OFFICE OF ABANDONED MINE LANDS AND RECLAMATION
Public meetings will be conducted to describe proposed reclamation projects which have as there objective the alleviation of health, safety and environmental problems created by coal mines abandoned prior to August 3, 1977. The following projects listed with county locations will be explained.
County Site
Barbour Peeltree Road Portals
Clay Paddy Creek Portals
Harrison Bridgeport Hill Portals
Harrison Isaac Creek (CR 16-1) DS
Harrison Longview Mine Portals
Harrison Mount Clare (Fornash) CSL
Harrison Phoenix Hollow VO
Harrison Pine Bluff (Wilson) Refuse
Kanawha Monarch Portals
Logan Crown Portals and Drainage
Lewis Weston (Williams) Landslide
Marion Fairmont (Bennett) Portal
Marion Fairmont Gateway Connector Portals
Mason West Columbia "C"
McDowell Bartley Vertical Opening
Mingo Lower Burning Creek Complex
Monongalia Osage Mine Complex Site 5A
Preston Bull Run #27 Phase II
Putnam Winter Portals
Tucker Old Buffalo Drainage
Tucker Tub Run Phase III
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:
Tuesday, September 20, 2016, Oak Hill- WV DEP, Office of Abandoned Mine Lands and Reclamation, 254 Industrial Drive, Oak Hill, WV 25901, 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Contact Aaron Whitt, 304-465-1938 ext. 3134.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 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, 304-842-1900 ext. 3239.
Thursday, September 22, 2016, 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 Travis Parsons, 304-926-0499 ext. 1670.