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
