APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL/REISSUANCE - PUBLICATION NUMBER: 24SRM07 - Coking Coal, LLC

PUBLIC NOTICE

APPLICATION FOR 

RENEWAL/REISSUANCE OF

COAL SURFACE MINING/NPDES 

PERMIT NO. 1602387

UNDER CHAPTER 19

 TITLE 45.1 OF THE 

CODE OF VIRGINIA

PUBLICATION NUMBER:

24SRM07

APPLICATION NUMBER: 1011633

   Coking Coal, LLC of 633 Callahan Avenue, Appalachia, VA  24216 is applying to the Virginia Division of Mined land Reclamation for a Renewal/Reissuance of PERMIT No. 1602387, in order to continue the operations at the following location.

     Whitley Fork Strip is located 1 mile North of Dunbar on Potcamp Fork in Wise County, at coordinates North 3,545,871.9800, East 10,241,830.3600.  The permit area is 37.38 acres and is contained on the Appalachia USGS 7.5’ quadrangle map.  The Renewal map showing the permit area is attached in Section 21.2 of the application.

     Drainage and wastewater resulting from the permitted operation will be discharged into Potcamp Fork of Roaring Fork, via sediment pond treating surface runoff.  The discharge location may be viewed on the Renewal Map, which is attached in Section 21.2 of the application.  Additional discharge details are available in the NPDES Application attached in Section 5.15 of the application.

    Any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by this proposal, or an officer or head of any federal, state or local government agency or authority, may within 30 days of March 14, 2025 submit written comments or objections concerning this application, and may also request, in writing, that the Mined Land Repurposing Program hold an Informal Conference concerning this application. A copy of the application materials is available electronically for public inspection at 

https://www.energy.virginia.gov/dmlrinquiry/frmMain.aspx?ctl=4.

     All correspondence concerning this application should be submitted to the Mined Land Repurposing Program (Attention: Permit Section), 3405 Mountain Empire Road, Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219. Telephone (276) 523-8160. Written comments and a request for informal conference may be e-mailed to the Division at 

repurposingpublicnotice@energy.virginia.gov.

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