Legal Notices for 4/13/2011

 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE

Pursuant to Application No. 918-0423

In accordance with KRS 350.055 notice is hereby given that Mountainside Coal Co. 7692 S Hwy. 25W, Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769, has applied for a surface coal mining permit located at Hatfield Gap and Highway 190, in Whitley County. The permit proposes contour and area mining with a total of 278.2 acres of surface disturbance. An additional 265.1 acres of auger mining is proposed for a total permit acreage of 503.4. The post mine land use of the permit area will be Fish and Wildlife habitat. This is a change from unmanaged forest and previously mined areas.

The proposed operation is approximately 2.5 miles South of Pearl Kentucky on route 190.  The surface mine entrance will be located off of Tiny Branch Spur approximately ¾ of a mile from the intersection of Tiny Branch and Highway 190. The latitude is 36° 36’ 27”. The longitude is 83° 56’ 30”.     

The proposed permit is located on the Eagan USGS 7 ½ minute quadrangle map.  The operation will use the combination of surface and auger mining.  The property owners affected by the surface and auger mining proposed in this permit are Lynn Hamblin, Norma Lowe, Dallas Shackelford, Lambdin Heirs and Mountain River Farms, LLC. 

The operation will affect an area within 100 feet of public roads 1210, Tiny Branch Spur and 1213 General Lowe. The operation will involve closure of the public roads for a period of one month or longer as necessary to make improvements to the roads. 

The application has been filed for public inspection at the Department for Natural Resources’ 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 Permits, #2 Hudson Hollow, U.S. 127 South Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE 

Pursuant to Application 918-0434

In accordance with the provisions of KRS 350.055, notice is hereby given that American Highwall Mining, LLC, P.O. Box 1539, Chilhowie, VA 24319 has applied for a permit for a surface coal mining operation, located approximately 1.2 miles East of junction of the Jack’s Fork Road and KY Rt. 26 & 1.0 miles SouthEast of Rockholds in Whitley County, Kentucky. The proposed permit area will disturb 75.0 acres and underlie 103.0 acres, for a total area within the permit boundary of 178.0 acres. The proposed operation is located approximately 0.1 mile South of Helton Hollow.

The proposed operation is located on the Rockholds U.S.G.S. 7 1/2 minute quadrangle map. The permit surface area to be disturbed is owned by Daymond & Clara Helton, Barbara Roberts and Bart Davis. The auger operations will underlie property owned by Daymond & Clara Helton, Barbara Roberts and Bart Davis.

This is the final advertisement of this permit 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 Natural Resources’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 Cumberland Ave., Middlesboro, Kentucky 40965.

Written comments, objections or requests for a permit conference must be filed with the Director of the Division of Mine Permits, #2 Hudson Hollow Complex, U.S. 127 South, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

NOTICE:

Janet Fairchild has filed the final settlement for the estate of Flossie M. Bolton.

Exceptions, if any, must be filed prior to May 16, 2011.

The hearing will be held at Whitley District Court, 805 S. Main Street, Corbin, KY 40701.

Given under my hand this 4th day of April, 2011.

GARY W. BARTON,

CLERK

DISTRICT AND 

CIRCUIT COURTS

WHITLEY COUNTY

WILLIAMSBURG, KY 40769