Application for Bond Reduction - Publication # 25JKC317 - J.W. Construction Company, Inc.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Application for 

Bond Reduction

Under Chapter 19

Title 45.1

Code of Virginia

Publication # 25JKC317         

Permit No. 1102356

Application No. 1011701          

     J.W. Construction Company, Inc. of P.O. Box 2470, Wise, VA 24293 is applying to the Virginia Mined Land Repurposing Program for a Phase I bond reduction on the entire permitted acreage for Permit No. 1102356 at the following location: 4 miles North of Wise on Birchfield Creek near State Route 635. This permit consists of 188.94 acres bonded under Pool Bond. As provided by 4 VAC 25-130-800.40 of the Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Regulations, the Applicant is requesting that the current total bond amount of $ 537,000 in the form of a letter of credit posted for Phase I will be reduced by $ 250,700.

     This bond reduction request is based on the following Phase I (regrading) reclamation:

   1. Types of Reclamation Work Performed - the areas proposed for bond release/reduction have regraded.

    2. Appropriate Date(s) of Reclamation Work Performed – Final Regrading was done spring/fall 2024

      3.  Description of Reclamation Results Achieved  Results Achieved - Regraded.

     4.  Description of the Post-Mining Land Use – Unmanaged Forest, Fish and Wildlife Habitat-Wetlands and Industrial Gas Pipelines.

    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  April 11, 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 Division of Mined Land Repurposing (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 

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