1.0The News Journalhttps://qa.thenewsjournal.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="CPhM1t1OIM"><a href="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/legal-notices-for-6-24-15/">Legal Notices for 6/24/15</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://qa.thenewsjournal.net/legal-notices-for-6-24-15/embed/#?secret=CPhM1t1OIM" width="600" height="338" title="“Legal Notices for 6/24/15” — The News Journal" data-secret="CPhM1t1OIM" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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The proposed operation is approximately 3.3 miles east from KY Hwy. 92’s junction with Harpes Creek Road and located along Harpes Creek. The proposed operation is located on the Frakes, KY 7½ minute quadrangle map.  The surface area to be disturbed is owned by Gatliff Coal Company, Arnold T. Goins, Antony Greene, Alton Wilson, Lisa Fuson Brock, Freda Barnett and Cleveland Wilson Heirs.  The operation will underlie land owned by Gatliff Coal Company, Arnold T. Goins, Alton Wilson, Begley Properties, LLC, Bryant Mahan, Jim Lambdin, Henry & Doris Lee, Leonard & Louise Lee, Lisa Fuson Brock, Ataya Hardwoods, Freda Barnett and Cleveland Wilson Heirs. This is the final advertisement of the application. All comments, objections or requests for a permit conference must be received within thirty (30) days of today’s date. The application has been filed for public inspection at the Department for Mining 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, #2 Hudson Hollow, U.S. 127 South, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.   NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE Permit #918-0447 In accordance with KRS 350.093, notice is hereby given that Alden Resources LLC, 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, KY 40701, has filed for a Phase I Bond Release on Increments No. 1 and 2 of permit number 918-0447 which was last issued on January 29th 2015. The application covers an area of approximately 497.38 surface acres located 0.9 miles east from the Maple Creek Road (KY HWY 779) junction with Brown Creek Road and located 600 feet southeast of Phoebe Fork and located 0.5 miles north of Perkins in Whitley County Kentucky. The bonds now in effect are as follows: Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $604,300.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $604,300.00 is included in this application for release. Increment two (2) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $315,700.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $315,700.00 is included in this application for release. Reclamation work performed includes: Backfilling, re-grading, topsoil replacement, and drainage control including soil preparation and initial seeding and mulching in accordance with the approved reclamation plan, completed in March 2015. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, #2 Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, KY 40601, by 7/31/2015. A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 7/31/2015 at 11:00 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 08/03/2015.   NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE #918-0435 In accordance with KRS 350.093, notice is hereby given that Alden Resources LLC, 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, KY 40701, has filed for a Phase I Bond Release on Increments No. 1 and 2 of permit number 918-0435 which was last issued on December 08, 2014. The application covers an area of approximately 84.3 acres located approximately 0.5 miles south west of Hamblin Hollow Road’s intersection with Poplar Creek Road. The site is 0.25 miles north of Mulberry Creek and approximately 2.5 miles north east of the community of Verne, in Whitley County, Kentucky. The operation is located on the Saxton U.S.G.S. 7½ minute quadrangle map. The bonds now in effect are as follows: Increment #1 is a Surety Bond in the amount of $390,600. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $390,600.00 is included in this application for release. Increment #2 is a Surety Bond in the amount of $75,000.00. Approximately 0% of the original bond amount of $75,000.00 is included in this application for release. Reclamation work performed includes: Backfilling, re-grading, topsoil replacement, and drainage control including soil preparation and initial seeding and mulching in accordance with the approved reclamation plan, completed March 2014. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, #2 Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, KY 40601, by 7/31/2015. A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 7/31/2015 at 10:00 am at 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 8/03/2015.   NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE Permit #918-0413 In accordance with KRS 350.093, notice is hereby given that Alden Resources LLC, 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, KY 40701, has filed for a Phase I Bond Release on Increments No. 1, and 3 of permit number 918-0413 which was last issued on May 20th 2014. The application covers an area of approximately 128.96 surface acres located approximately three (3) miles north of the community of Nevisdale, Kentucky, in Whitley County, Kentucky.  The proposed operation is approximately two and half (2.5) miles north of Rock Springs Road intersection with Kentucky Highway 904 and 0.1 mile south east of Rock Springs Road intersection with Hamlin Hollow Road just south of Mulberry Creek. The bonds now in effect are as follows: Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $231,100.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $231,100.00 is included in this application for release. Increment three (3) […]