Legal Notices For 9-29-2021

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE
Permit # 918-0478
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, Phase II & Phase III Bond Release on Increments 1, 2 and 3 of permit number 918-0478 which was last issued on 01/11/2021. The application covers an area of approximately 150.20 acres located approximately 0.26 miles northeast from the junction of Springtown Road with KY1064 and located 0.95 miles west of Meadow Creek. The operation is further located 0.95 miles west of Meadow Creek in Whitley County.
The bonds now in effect are as follows:
Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $ 179,400.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $ 179,400.00 is included in this application for release.
Increment two (2) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $ 84,700.00 Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $ 84,700.00 is included in this application for release.
Increment three (3) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $ 198,800.00. Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $ 198,800.00 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 2018.
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 11/19/2021.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 11/22,2021at 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 11/19/2021.

NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE
Permit # 918-0497
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 Increment 1, of permit number 918-0497 which was last issued on 06/08/2021. The application covers an area of approximately 145.56 acres located approximately 0.11 miles southwest of KY 779 junction with KY 26 and located 0.15 miles southwest of the confluence of Browns Creek with Watts Creek and 01.5 miles east of Williamsburg in Whitley County Kentucky. The bonds now in effect are as follows:
Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $ 186,200.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $ 186,200.00 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 April 2021.
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 11/19/2021.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 11/22/2011 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 11/19/2021.