Legal Notices for 1-4-2023

NOTICE OF VACANT WHITLEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SEAT

The Whitley County Board of Education (“Board”) is seeking applications for appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board representing District #3.  This appointment will be effective until the November   2023 regular election.

Responsibilities include:  setting policy to govern the District; hiring/evaluating the Superintendent; and levying taxes and adopting the District budget.  Board members must:

• Be at least 24 years old and a Kentucky citizen for the last three years;
• Be a registered voter in the particular District of the vacancy;
• Have completed the 12th grade or have a GED certificate;
• Meet all other legal qualifications (KRS 160.180); and
• Complete required annual in-service training.

Applications are available at Whitley County Board of Education, 300 Main Street, Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769 or online at www.whitley.kyschools.us .   Mail applications to:  John Siler, Superintendent, Attn: Board Vacancy, Whitley County Board of Education, 300 Main Street, Williamsburg, Kentucky 40769.

—- Public Notice —-

Notice is hereby given that CAH Property Services LLC, 1099 Tyes Ferry Road Rockholds, KY 40759, has filed an application with the Energy and Environment Cabinet to construct a general merchandise retail store.  The property is located at 8885 KY Hwy 26 Rockholds, KY 40759, located 50 feet north of the intersection of KY HWY 26 and Tyes Ferry Rd in Rockholds, KY and on the waters of Watts Creek.  Any comments or objections can be submitted via email to: DOWFloodplain@ky.gov    Kentucky Division of Water, Floodplain Management Section, 300 Sower Blvd. Frankfort, KY 40601.  Call 502-564-3410 with questions.

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE

Permit # 918-0504

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 1, 2 & 3 of permit number 918-0504, which was last issued on 08/12/2022. The application covers an area of approximately 386.27 acre 5.25 miles east of Rockholds in Whitley & Knox County Kentucky, and is approximately 0.64 miles east of KY 1064 junction with Terrell Hollow Road and approximately 700 feet east of Meadow Creek.

The bonds now in effect are, Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $139,900.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $139,900.00 is included in this application for release. Increment two (2) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $110,900.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $110,900.00 is included in this application for release. Increment three (3) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $99,700.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $99,700.00 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 September 2022.

A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for February 13, 2023 at 9:00 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 February 10, 2023.

Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, 300 Sower Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Frankfort, KY 40601, by February 10, 2023.