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 II & III 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 bond now in effect is:
Increment one (1) is a Surety Bond in the amount of $78,400.00 Approximately 100% of the original bond amount of $177,400.00 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, Frankfort, KY 40601, by 11/22/2024.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 11/25/2024 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 11/22/2024.
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 III Bond Release on Increment 1 # 918-0472, which was last issued on 6/17/2018. The application covers as area of approximately 97.28 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 100% of the original bond amount of $ 123,400.000 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 11/22/2024.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 11/25/2024 at 10: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 11/22/2024.
NOTICE OF BOND RELEASE
Permit # 861-0578
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 of permit number 861-0578, Increment 10 which was last issued on 05/06/2024. The application covers an area of approximately 416.5 acres. The area is 2.5 miles northwest of Permon, Kentucky, in Whitley & Knox Counties and 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 bonds now in effect are as follows:
INC 10 Surety bond in the amount of $255,800.00. Approximately 60% of the original bond amount of $255,800.00 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 09/06/2024.
Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing of the informal conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Field Services, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, KY 40601 by 11/29/2024.
A public hearing on the application has been scheduled for 12/02/2024 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 11/29/2024.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE
Pursuant to Application Number 861-8018, Renewal 8
In accordance with KRS 350.055 notice is hereby given that Arq Corbin, LLC, P.O. Box 474, 3318 KY 3041, Corbin, KY 40701 has applied for renewal of a permit for a prep plant, coal recovery and reclamation operation located 0.25 miles east of Corbin in Knox and Whitley Counties. The operation disturbs 470.5 surface acres.
The operation is approximately 1 mile south of US 25W’s junction with KY 312 and located on Lynn Camp Branch.
The operation is located on the Corbin U.S.G.S. 7-1/2 minute quadrangle map. The operation is a coal recovery operation. The surface area is owned by CH Development L.L.C.
The application has been filed for public inspection at the Division Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s Middlesboro Regional Office, 1804 East Cumberland Avenue, Middlesboro, KY, 40965. Written comments, objections, or requests for a permit conference must be filed with the Director, Division of Permits, 300 Sower Boulevard, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MINE
Pursuant to Application Number 918-8016, Major Revision 4
In accordance with KRS 350.070 notice is hereby given that ARL Resources LLC 332 West Cumberland Gap Parkway, Suite 100, Corbin, Kentucky 40701 has applied for a major revision to an existing surface coal processing facility located 1 mile north of Pleasant View in Whitley County. The major revision will add 0.0 acres of surface disturbance making a total area of 13.03 acres within the revised permit area.
The proposed major revision is approximately 0 miles east of US 25W junction with Cane Creek Road. And located approximately 0.1 miles northeast of the junction of Cane Creek and Clear Fork.
The proposed major revision is located on the Williamsburg U.S.G.S. 7½ minute quadrangle map. The surface area to be affected by the major revision is owned by ARL Resources LLC.
The major revision proposes to change the existing post-mining land use of pastureland to industrial/commercial land.
The major revision application has been filed for public inspection at the Division of Mine Reclamation and Enforcement, 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, 300 Sower Blvd. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601.
