APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF COAL SURFACE MINING PERMIT - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25AHS01 - Red River Coal Company, Inc.

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR 

RENEWAL OF

COAL SURFACE MINING/NPDES 

PERMIT NO. 1500711

    UNDER CHAPTER 19, TITLE 45.1 OF THE

CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011679

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25AHS01

   Red River Coal Company, Inc. of P.O. Box 668, Norton, Virginia 24273 is applying to Mine Land Repurposing to renew CSMO Permit Number 1500711/NPDES Permit Number 0080711 in order to continue the operations at the following location: On Guest River approximately 1.0 mile north of Dixiana in Wise County off Route 620 and is located on the Flat Gap, VA-KY USGS quadrangle map.   

     Drainage and wastewater resulting from the mining operation will be discharged through approved sediment control to Guest River.

    The proposed operation will come within 100 feet of State Route 620.

  The permit boundary is shown on the Renewal Map in Section 21.2 of the renewal application.

    Any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by this proposal, or an officer or head of any federal, state or local government agency or authority, may within 30 days of February 28, 2025 submit written comments or objections concerning this application, and may also request, in writing, that the Mined Land Repurposing Program hold an Informal Conference concerning this application. A copy of the application materials is available electronically for public inspection at

 https://www.energy.virginia.gov/epinquiry/frmMain.aspx 

     All correspondence concerning this application should be submitted to the Mined Land Repurposing Program (Attention: Permit Section), 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219. Telephone (276) 523-8160. Written comments and a request for informal conference may be e-mailed to the Division at 

repurposingpublicnotice@energy.virginia.gov. 

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