Legal Notices for 7-26-2023

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PUBLIC NOTICE:

Pursuant to 405 KAR 8:010, Section 16(5), the following is a summary of permitting decisions made by the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Mine Permits with respect to applications to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations in Whitley County. ARQ CORBIN, LLC, 8618018 MI, 6/29/2023

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE

Permit Number 918-0472

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 II Bond Release on Increment1 1 & Phase III on Increment 2 of permit # 918-0472, which was last issued on 6/17/2018. The application covers as area of approximately 180.46 acres located approximately 0.6 miles east of Rockholds in Whitley County.

The operation is approximately 0.6 miles northeast of the junction of KY Route 3423 and KY Route 26 and located approximately 0.6 miles northeast of Colonel Hollow streams confluence with Watts Creek. The operation is located on the Rockholds 7 1/2 min. quadrangle map.

Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $123,400.00. Approximately 25% of the original bond amount of $123,400.000 is included in this application for release.

Increment two (2) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $63,900.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $63,900.00 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, and completed in February 2020.

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, Frankfort, KY 40601, by 9/1/2023.

A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 9/5/2023 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 9/1/2023.

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE

Permit Number 918-5197

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 II & III Bond Release of permit number 918-5197 which was last issued on March 12th 2015. The application covers an area of approximately 738.90 acres located approximately 1.5 miles Southwest of Lick Fork Road’s intersection with KY Hwy 92, and approximately 0.9 miles west of Poplar Creek in Whitley County, Kentucky.  The operation is further located 1.5 miles southwest of the community of Carpenter, Kentucky.

The bonds now in effect are as follows:

Surety Bond in the amount of $107,300.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $107,300.00 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 2015.

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, Frankfort, KY 40601, by 9/1/2023.

A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 9/5/2023, at 10:00 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 9/1/2023.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE

Pursuant to Application Number 861‐0543 Amendment 01

In accordance with the provisions of KRS 350.070, notice is hereby given that Mountainside Coal Co., LLC, 7692 S. Hwy 25‐W, Williamsburg, KY, has applied for an Amendment to an existing surface coal mining and reclamation operation located 2.5 miles northwest of Permon in Knox and Whitley Counties. The amendment will add 79.5 acres of surface disturbance making a total area of 416.5 acres within the revised permit boundary.

The Amendment area is approximately 1.2 miles north of the intersection of Hwy 779 and Hwy 1418 and located 0.02 miles west of Flat Creek and 1.6 miles north of Cotton Creek.

The proposed amendment is located on the Barbourville & Rockholds U.S.G.S. 7‐1/2 minute quadrangle maps. The surface area to be disturbed by the amendment is owned by William Wayne Hubbs, Calvin Jones, Brandon Pratt, Gary Lynn & Donna Sue Imman, Carolyn A Mosses, Vicki Partin, Gino Cima, Debbie Lawson, Joyce Lawson, and Venda Hill. The operation will use the contour and auger methods of mining.

The amendment application has been filed for public inspection at the Department for Natural Resources, Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY 40965‐1229. Written comments, objections, or requests for a permit conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Permits, 300 Sower Blvd. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE

Pursuant to Application No. 918-0513 NW

In accordance with the provisions of KRS 350.055, notice is hereby given that Torchlight Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 1245, 1658 Torchlight Road, Louisa, KY 41230, has applied for a permit for an auger coal mining and reclamation operation located approximately 2.5 miles north of Louden, Kentucky in Whitley County. The proposed operation will disturb 25.77 surface acres within the permit boundary.

The proposed operation is approximately 0.5 mile south Bear Hollow Ln’s junction with KY Route 779 and 0.2 mile south of Caney Branch.

The proposed operation is located on the Rockholds USGS 7 ½ minute quadrangle map. The surface area to be disturbed is owned by C.J. Clark and Randy Johnson.

The application has been filed for public inspection at the Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 E. 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, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.