1.0The News Journalhttps://qa.thenewsjournal.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WDHplOqou5"><a href="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/legal-notices-9-7-16/">Legal Notices for 9-7-16</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/legal-notices-9-7-16/embed/#?secret=WDHplOqou5" width="600" height="338" title="“Legal Notices for 9-7-16” — The News Journal" data-secret="WDHplOqou5" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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The application covers an area of approximately 236.72 acres located 0.8 miles of Mud Creek road and the junction with KY 1595. The permit area is approximately 1.5 miles northwest of Frakes, KY, and located 0.8 miles northeast of Mud Creek Road with the junction of KY 1595 and located 1.1 miles southwest of Round Mountain in Whitley County, Kentucky. The bond now in effect for increment 2 is a surety in the amount of $39,400.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $224,500.00 is included in this application for release. The bond now in effect for increment 4 is a surety bond in the amount of $23,000.00. Approximately 100% of the original $53,100.00 is included in this application for release. Reclamation work performed includes: Backfilling, regrading, topsoil replacement, and drainage control including soil preparation and initial seeding, mulching and tree planting in accordance with the approved reclamation plan completed November 15, 2010. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, 300 Sower Boulevard 2nd Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601, by October 14, 2016. A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for October 17, at 9:00 am. The Department for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY 40965-1229. The hearing will be cancelled if no request for a hearing or informal conference is received by October 14, 2016.   NOTICE OF BLASTING SCHEDULE PERMIT NO. 918-0472 In accordance with the provisions of 405 KAR 16:120, Section 3, Alden Resources, LLC, 332 W. Cumberland Gap Pkwy. Corbin, KY 40701, phone No. (606) 523-9760, proposes the following blasting schedule. The blasting site will be conducted on Increment 1 only. The area is located 0.6 miles east of Rockholds in Whitley County at latitude 36° 50’20” and longitude 84’0521”. The area lies north and northwest of the intersection of Colonel Hollow County Road and State Route 26 and the intersection of the Imperial Hollow stream and State Route 511. Detonations of explosives are proposed to occur from sunrise to sunset and from Monday through Saturday for the period beginning, September 2016 through, September 2017. Entry to the blasting area will be regulated by signs and barriers. An authorized company representative will prohibit access to the blasting area by unauthorized persons at least ten minutes prior to each detonation. The warning signal shall consist of three long blasts on a siren five minutes prior to the detonation. The blast warning signal will consist of three short blasts on the siren one minute prior to detonation. The all clear signal shall consist of one long blast on a siren following the inspection of the blast site. All roads leading to or near the blast site will remain closed until the all clear signal is given. The warning and all clear signals will be audible within one-half mile from the blast point. The above notice of blasting schedule will be published in the News-Journal at least ten (10) days, but not more than thirty (3 0) days before beginning blasting. Copies of the above blasting schedule will be mailed to the regional KDSMRE office in Middlesboro, Ky., to the Whitley County Judge Executive, to all local utilities and to each resident within one-half mile of the blasting site at least 10 days prior to, but no sooner than 30 days prior to beginning blasting.   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE Pursuant to Application Number 918-0476 AM #1 In accordance with KRS 350.055 notice is hereby given that Alden Resources LLC 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, Kentucky 40701 has applied for an amendment to an existing permit for a surface, auger/highwall coal mining and reclamation operation. The amendment will add 43.81 of surface disturbance and 22.93 acres of Auger/HM area making a total of 66.74 acres within the permit area. The total area of the permit is 228.13 acres. The permit is located 3.9 miles southeast of Rockholds in Whitley County. The proposed operation is approximately 0.8 miles northwest of KY 779 junction with KY 3423 and located 2.2 miles northwest of the confluence of an un-named tributary of Meadow Creek with Meadow Creek. The proposed operation is located on the Rockholds, KY 7½ minute quadrangle map. The operation will use a combination of contour, area and auger/highwall miner methods of surface mining. The surface and auger/highwall mining area is owned by Glenn D. Miller, Gary McKeehan, Lloyd Jackson, Don Young and Donald Bunch. The operation will affect an area within 100 feet of public road (CR) Springtown Road. The operation will not involve relocation or closure of the public road. The application has been filed for public inspection at the Department for Surface Mining and Reclamation and Enforcement’s, Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, Kentucky 40965-1229. Written comments, objections or requests for a permit conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Mine Permits, 300 Sower Blvd, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.   Notice of Hearing Whitley County Board of Education The Whitley County Board of Education will hold a public hearing at the Whitley County Board of Education Central Office on September 15, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. to hear public comments regarding proposed tax levies for fiscal year 2017. The Whitley County Board of Education is proposing a tax rate of 42.0 cents for both personal and real property, which is equal to last year’s rate of 41.6 (for both personal and real property) plus an additional 0.4 cents for prior year losses due to exonerations per KRS 134.590. The General Fund tax levied in fiscal year 2016 produced revenue of $2,553,607. The proposed […]