APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF NPDES PERMIT NO. - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW217 - Red River Coal Company

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR 

RENEWAL OF

NPDES PERMIT NO. 

UNDER CHAPTER 19

 TITLE 45.1 OF THE 

CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011696

PUBLICATION NUMBER: 25SRW217

    Red River Coal Company, Inc. of P.O. Box 668, Norton, Virginia 24273 is applying to Mine Land Repurposing to renew NPDES Permit Number 0081272 in order to continue the operations at the following location: Near Flat Gap approximately 5.5 miles southwest of Pound in Wise County off State Routes 705 and 707 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 South Fork Pound River.

  The permit boundary is shown on the Surface Water Hydrology 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 March 14, 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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