AIR QUALITY
PERMIT NOTICE
Notice of Application
Notice is given that ECC Bethany Inc. has applied to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality for a Construction Permit for a Mine Methane Capture Project for a new facility located in Ohio County, WV. The facility will be located at the Schoolhouse Portal site at
(40.09668102-80.552 19942) in Valley Grove, WV.
The purpose of the facility is to mitigate the methane currently emittng from an active mine due to safety measures for mining operations. This environmental action is entirely voluntary and not mandated by any State of Federal requirement. The applicant estimates the potential to discharge the following Regulated Air Pollutants will be: no more than 13.14 tons/year of NOx and 26.28 tons/year of CO at the site. Please note, the system’s purpose is to reduce an already exisOng pollutant.
Startup of operaOon is planned to begin upon permit issuance, on or about the 10th day of July 2026. Written comments will be received by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Quality, 601 57th Street, SE, Charleston, WV 25304, for at least 30 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. Written comments will also be received via email at
[email protected].
Any questions regarding this permit application should be directed to the DAQ at (304) 926-0499,
extension 41281, during normal business hours.
Dated this: the 26th day of May, 2026.
By: ECC Bethany Inc.
Santosh Lakhan
President
1919 14th St
Suite 700
Boulder, CO 80302
INT-May 26, 2026